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VIDEO: Warren taser police camera courtesy of WFMJ, click here
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.
Check out the video, courtesy of WFMJ-Ch. 21, of the incident above. Note there is strong language in some parts of the video.
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.
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.
Read the full story online in the local news section.
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