Crime & Safety

Woodbury Police Use Taser on Man After He Runs From Theatre

The man could face charges of suspicion of DWI, obstructing the legal process and fleeing on foot.

Woodbury police tasered aΒ St. Paul man Nov. 16 after he ran from officers investigatingΒ a disturbance call.

A security officerΒ at Woodbury 10 Theatre said an apparently drunkΒ male and female were causing a disturbance outside. When police arrived, theΒ man ran away from them andΒ toward someΒ apartment buildings. An officer Tased him and he was then transportedΒ toΒ Woodwinds Hospital.

He was released after a blood sample was taken.

Police gave theΒ female a citation for underage consumption and let her parents take her home.

Charges against the man are pending the blood test results. He could be charged with DWI, obstructing the legal process and fleeing on foot.

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