81-year-old Tasered by Eielson Air Force Base policeChris FreibergDaily News-Miner Nov. 09, 2009 |
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An 81-year-old man was Tasered during a traffic stop last week. It is the second time since 1998 that police have had to make a show of force during a traffic stop to arrest Glen M. Wilcox, a Fairbanks-based Episcopalian priest and real estate agent. Court documents allege that officers with Eielson Air Force Base's 354th Security Forces Squadron pulled Wilcox over just after 1 p.m. Wednesday for going 11 miles over the speed limit on the Richardson Highway. An officer, identified as a senior airman in court documents, took Wilcox's license, registration and proof of insurance and wrote him a traffic citation. When he returned to Wilcox's car, Wilcox refused to accept the documents and sped down the highway, according to a criminal complaint filed in court. Wilcox disputes that version of events. "They waved to me and I thought that meant I could go on," Wilcox said. "They stopped me again and told me to get out of my car." ...Continued |