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07-15-2006, 11:36 AM
Deputy cleared in excessive force charge
In April, Coffin was arrested in Sarasota County on charges of attempted murder of a law-enforcement officer -- a charge state prosecutors later dropped.
Among the charges pending against Coffin are battery on an officer and unlawful use of a weapon against an officer.
Sarasota authorities say Coffin snatched a Taser stun gun away from a sheriff's deputy and shocked two officers with it in a fight at his Nokomis home.
Coffin, who manages rental properties, allegedly hit one of the deputies in the head with the stun gun, sheriff's reports show. Click here (http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060715/NEWS/607150523/-1/HELP07) for the full story.
In April, Coffin was arrested in Sarasota County on charges of attempted murder of a law-enforcement officer -- a charge state prosecutors later dropped.
Among the charges pending against Coffin are battery on an officer and unlawful use of a weapon against an officer.
Sarasota authorities say Coffin snatched a Taser stun gun away from a sheriff's deputy and shocked two officers with it in a fight at his Nokomis home.
Coffin, who manages rental properties, allegedly hit one of the deputies in the head with the stun gun, sheriff's reports show. Click here (http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060715/NEWS/607150523/-1/HELP07) for the full story.