Thursday, February 14, 2013
Stow officials deny Chelsea Garrett's public statements that she was a victim of police brutality.
On Wednesday, Stow Mayor Sara Drew issued a statement disputing the accuracy of a recent news segment about a 23-year-old Akron woman who sued the city after being tased by Stow police. In the news report, released earlier this week by a local media outlet, Chelsea Garrett said she was the victim of police brutality when officers tased, handcuffed and arrested her after she almost clipped a police cruiser while driving. With her lawyer present during the TV interview, Garrett argued she was suffering from diabetic blackouts at the time of the Nov. 2011 incident, which caused erratic driving and inhibited her from following police commands. The city presented a different version of the events in its press release: "The day Ms. Garrett was …
Thursday, March 8, 2012
The 23-year-old Akron woman is alleging police brutality.
An Akron woman who was Tasered in November by Stow Police Officer Jesse Reedy, who was cleared for his use of force by a committee, has filed a Federal lawsuit claiming police brutality. On Nov. 5, Chelsea Garrett, 23, was charged with reckless operation, a minor-misdemeanor, and obstruction official business, a second-degree misdemeanor by Stow and charged with a DUI in Akron for bouncing off a median wall on S.R. 8, hitting a vehicle in Akron and leaving the scene of the accident. When she was in Stow, she almost swiped a cruiser Nov. 5, according to the dashcam video attached to this story. “I would never deny that, I was scared watching the video, seeing myself drive like that,” Garrett told Fox 8 News Cleveland. Garrett says she is …
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
"The only comment I can make at this time is that the Use of Force Committee is reviewing the incident," said Stow's Police Chief.
An Akron woman who was shocked with an electric stun gun by a Stow officer is now firing back by accusing Stow Police of brutality. Chelsea Garrett, 23, bounced off a median wall and hit a vehicle in Akron and then left the scene of the accident and then almost swiped a Stow cruiser Nov. 5. After the Stow officer pulled Garrett over on Graham Road, she got out of her car and was eventually shocked with a Taser — as seen in the dashcam video uploaded to this post. (Audio is not available.) She was charged with reckless operation, a minor-misdemeanor. "The only comment I can make at this time is that the Use of Force Committee is reviewing the incident," said Stow Police Chief Louis Dirker. The 90-pound woman told Fox 8 she is a diabetic and…
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