Cops: Tinley Park Man Stands Up to Mokena Police, Gets Tased

A man faces an aggravated battery charge after reportedly getting into a scuffle earlier this month with Mokena police officers.

Kenneth Braasch, 27, of the 7700 block of West 173rd Street in Tinley Park, was arrested after a Dec. 3 debacle outside Thunder Bowl, 18700 S. LaGrange Road, according to a report by the Sun-Times Media.

He was with fellow Tinley residents James Stross, 32, of the 7500 block of Gladstone Drive; Tiffany Powicki, 34, of the 7700 block of West 173rd Street who were each charged with resisting a peace officer. Richard Henderson, 28, of the 3900 block of West 86th Street in Chicago, was also charged with resisting, according to the story.

"The argument began when a bouncer discovered Braasch in a bathroom destroying a paper towel dispenser ... " the story said, adding that Braasch and his friends refused to leave and began physically fighting with the bouncer.

The fight continued when police got there, the story said, and Braasch "assumed a fighter's stance" toward the cops. After he reportedly refused to be handcuffed, officers used a Taser gun, reports the Sun-Times Media.

"After Braasch continued to advance on the police officer and take away his Taser, he received a second shock, fell to the ground and began bleeding from the head, police said," according to the story.

He was treated at an area hospital. He was later charged with aggravated battery, resisting a peace officer and criminal trespassing.

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