Police officer uses Taser on cleaning woman in Collegedale

COLLEGEDALE, Tenn. (AP) – A Collegedale police officer fired a Taser gun at a woman hired to clean a middle school after police searched the school for a possible intruder.

The Chattanooga Times Free-Press reports the incident occurred on the evening of Jan. 11.

According to a report filed by Sgt. Jamie Heath, he and officer Brian Desmond responded to the school after noticing an open door at the facility.

Heath wrote that once inside, the officers found the woman and asked her to identify herself. After walking away, the officers chased the woman until Heath fired the Taser and she fell to the ground.

The woman, later identified as 36-year-old Juana Raymundo, was arrested on a charge of evading arrest. The woman couldn’t be reached for comment by the newspaper Friday.

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Information from: Chattanooga Times Free Press, http://www.timesfreepress.com