Police use Taser on man, who dies

Phoenix A man suspected of assaulting a police officer died Tuesday after being shocked multiple times with Taser stun guns during a struggle with police, authorities said.

The 24-year-old man had run out a back door of an apartment when officers tried to arrest him Tuesday, Phoenix police spokesman Sgt. Randy Force said. An officer caught up with the man and shocked him.

When the suspect continued to resist, another officer shocked him with his Taser, Force said. Police did not say exactly how many times the man was zapped. The man lost consciousness and was pronounced dead later at a hospital, Force said.

According to a report released by Amnesty International in March, there were 13 Taser-related deaths in the United States and Canada in the first three months of this year – compared with six during the same period last year.

That’s a wrap: Burrito leads to lockdown

Clovis, N.M. A 911 call about a possible weapon at a middle school prompted police to put armed officers on rooftops, close nearby streets and lock down the school.

All over a giant burrito.

Someone called authorities Thursday after seeing a boy carrying something long and wrapped up into Marshall Junior High School.

The drama ended two hours later when the suspicious item was identified as a 30-inch burrito filled with steak, guacamole, lettuce, salsa and jalapenos. It was wrapped inside tinfoil and a white T-shirt.

“I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry,” school Principal Diana Russell said.

Russell said the mystery was solved after she brought everyone in the school together in the auditorium to explain what was going on. Afterward, eighth-grader Michael Morrissey approached her.

“He said, ‘I think I’m the person they saw,’ ” Russell said.

The burrito was part of Morrissey’s extra-credit assignment to create commercial advertising for a product. “We had to make up a product and it could have been anything. I made up a restaurant that specialized in oddly large burritos,” Morrissey said.

After students heard the description of what police were looking for, he and his friends began to make the connection. He then took the burrito to the office.

“I have a new nickname now. It’s Burrito Boy,” Morrissey said.

Pizza man says cash or credit, but no marijuana

Fargo, N.D. It may have seemed like a good idea at the time.

A pizza delivery driver was assaulted after refusing to take marijuana as payment for a pie, police said.

Pizza Patrol driver Atif Yasin said he thinks the man was asleep when he arrived to deliver a medium pizza and 20-ounce soda.

After knocking a few times and calling the customer on his cell phone, Yasin said the man answered the door in his boxers, took the pizza, spent a few minutes looking for money and then offered to pay with marijuana.

The man began to yell when told that wouldn’t be accepted, Yasin said. He then pushed the deliveryman and punched him in the face, Yasin said.

Yasin called police, and while waiting for them to arrive he delivered two more orders.

The suspect, 21, was arrested early Saturday.

Steak for sex offer declined by police

Woonsocket, R.I. Wayne Glaude didn’t have any money, but police say that didn’t stop him from trying to solicit sex from an undercover officer. Rather than cash, police said, he offered steak.

Glaude, 22, who works at a meat company, tried to strike a deal with the undercover officer Thursday, according to Detective Capt. Luke Gallant.

“He didn’t have any money, and had a couple of nice T-bones sitting at home,” Gallant said.

Glaude, of Woonsocket, was arrested and pleaded innocent Friday in Providence District Court to a count of soliciting from a motor vehicle. He was released on personal recognizance.

Gallant said Woonsocket police had never had a case like it.

“I can honestly say it’s the first time,” he said.