Grayson Lawson, 37, was charged with drug abuse (needle), obstructing official business and resisting arrest Friday afternoon after a foot chase.
Middletown police were called twice to the area on a report that a man was “acting as if he’s on drugs,” the report said.
When Lawson was approached by officers and asked to stop, he refused and kept walking, the report said.
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When Lawson refused the orders, he was shot with a taser in his back, then in his side by another officer, the report said.
Lawson got some of the probes out of his body and shirt, the report said.
After a foot chase through several alleys, Lawson was stopped by police at Sherman Avenue and Moore Street.
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