Police: Suspect Tases Officer

An Aurora man and an Aurora police officer were both shocked by a Taser during a scuffle at a far East Side Starbucks on Sunday.

Sang Le, 32, faces felony charges in connection with the incident that occurred at about 9:19 p.m. at the Starbucks on the 2800 block of East New York Street, the Chicago Tribune reports. After sitting in the Starbucks for five hours, Le refused to leave when the business closed and became hostile toward employees, according to police reports.

The DuPage County state's attorney's office said Le faces two counts of aggravated battery to a peace officer, both class 2 felonies, and one count of aggravated resisting a peace officer, a class 4 felony.

The Chicago Tribune reports:

One officer asked Le for identification, and he refused; the man asked if police were going to arrest him and stuck out both his wrists; the officers said they just needed his identification and he again refused, this time also telling police he was going to leave if they didn't have a warrant, according to reports.

One of the officers told Le he could leave after they identified him, and Le then gave police an identification card out of Arizona, according to reports.

As police checked out his information, Le became anxious, stood up and said he was leaving again, according to reports.
One officer put his hands up at his chest and told Le he couldn't leave. Le then moved the officer's hands in "a pushing motion" and "became very aggressive," according to police reports. During the fight that ensued, the officer took him to the ground, police said.
According to police, the man grabbed the other officer by the top of her hair and took her down with them. Le would not let go of the officer's hair, but kept pulling it and pushing her head downward while resisting the officers, according to reports.

The female officer then used her Taser on Le, according to an email from police spokesman Dan Ferrelli.
Le then wrapped the Taser wire around the male officer's right leg, hip area and shoulder area, causing the officer to get shocked too, according to reports.

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