Warren officials probe use of stun gun

Warren officials probe use of stun gun

WARREN — A city police officer remains on paid administrative leave as officials review a tape showing the officer using an electronic stun gun on a woman during a disturbance at a local bar.

The handcuffed woman was knocked unconscious after she fell to the pavement, police said.

Video from Patrolman Richard Kovach’s cruiser shows him jolting the screaming woman with a Taser electronic device both before and after she was handcuffed.

The woman had been ordered out of a bar.

Kovach is on paid administrative leave until the completion of an internal investigation.

Heidi Gill, 38, was arrested Sept. 2 on charges of falsification, assault, resisting arrest, criminal damaging and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, officials said. She has pleaded innocent. A hearing is set for Oct. 25 in Warren Municipal Court.

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