WASHINGTON, June 1, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- TASER International, Inc. (Nasdaq:TASR), a market leader in advanced electronic control devices released the following News Alert:
According to reports from the Lexington Herald-Leader, a man threatening his girlfriend with a box cutter was taken into police custody Thursday afternoon after taking the woman hostage at 563 Shelby Street. Police were called to the residence at about 1:40 p.m. after receiving reports of a disorder in the home. Officers arrived to find Michael DeWayne Bryant, 37, holding the box cutter to the woman's throat, her left leg already cut with the weapon. When negotiations failed, police went through the back door and deployed a TASER electronic control device to subdue Bryant and force him to drop the knife and release his girlfriend.
"It was a very, very useful tool in de-escalating a situation where at some point and time lethal force could have been authorized," said Capt. Mark Barnard.
The woman was transported to a local hospital for treatment. Bryant is charged with assault, unlawful imprisonment, terroristic threatening and resisting arrest.
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