GASTONIA MAN SHOCKED WITH TASER DURING INCIDENT

By Jon Mayhew
Publisher

GASTONIA – Gastonia Police said Monday it was a bad day for a 19-year-old who had to be shocked with a taser over the weekend while being arrested for misuse of 911.

Police say that Robbie Douglas Maney, Maxton Avenue, Gastonia, called 911 four times on Saturday. Gaston County Communications said two calls were hang-ups; the third call a shooting on Rosewood Lane; and the fourth was to report a domestic violence incident on Esses Street.

Gastonia officers found Maney walking in the area of Esses Street, where they said Maney was trying to delete the 911 calls from his phone. While officers tried to arrest Maney, he began fighting the officers, resulting in Maney being tasered.
He was also charged for failing to appear in court on worthless check charges. He was taken to the Gaston County Jail under a $5,500 bond.
Maney wasn’t injured.
Police officers use tasers when a suspect either refuses to listen to commands or becomes combative. Recently, Lincolnton Police officers received $25,000 in tasers. Training on those devices will be held sometime later this month and then every LPD officer will be carrying tasers.

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