Taser fails to subdue suspect; sleeper hold finishes the job

A Spokane Police officer used a sleeper hold to subdue a man who wasn’t fazed by the officer’s stun gun, according to a police.

Just before midnight on Nov. 9, Jarad M. Dewey, 39, was reportedly being combative in a Taco Bell drive through.

When authorities arrived, police said, Dewey “took a fighting stance” with an officer and slammed his body into him, knocking both of them to the ground. Dewey then allegedly grabbed the officer by the uniform and ripped off his radio.

The officer then used a Taser on Dewey, which had no effect, police said. Dewey then reportedly grabbed the Taser from the officer’s hands and pulled the trigger himself.

Once the officer engaged Dewey again, according to the police report, he was able to employ a “two-lateral neck restraint”, which rendered Dewey unconscious.

Dewey was charged with two counts of third-degree assault and one count of disarming a law enforcement officer.

In 2014, according to North Dakota court records, Dewey was found guilty of possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, false reports to law enforcement and preventing arrest in Burleigh County.