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Odd: Yelm Man Tased After Sex Romp

A Yelm man was tased twice on Tuesday morning after a Thurston County sheriff's deputy interrupted the man having sex with a woman outside of a house in the 14000 block of Vail Cutoff Road. Patrick Bergin, 21, was arrested on suspicion of third-degree assault shortly after 2 a.m., according to Thurston County Chief Criminal Deputy James Chamberlain. The deputy spotted the couple having sex in the lawn while responding to a noise complaint at a house on Vail Cutoff Road. More below.

Question: Do you think police officers use their Tasers too much?

The man and woman, who appeared highly intoxicated, began to put their clothes on when the deputy asked them for identification. The woman with Bergin screamed and tried to run away. Bergin started to approach the deputy and refused orders to sit down on the lawn. The deputy believed he would be assaulted and shot two barbs into Bergin's chest/KOMOTV. More here.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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