Video After The Jump
Officials in Florida have announced charges against 2 people involved in an arrest attempt at a gas station that went horribly wrong after a Taser ignited a fiery explosion: the deputy & the injured man himself.
Jean Barreto, 27, has been in the hospital since he was “cooked alive,” his lawyer Mark NeJame said. Barreto reportedly suffered third-degree burns on around 75 percent of his body, front & back, from his feet to the bottom of his neck.
Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez announced the charges against Barreto & Deputy David Crawford.
Barreto, Lopez said, was part of a group of people driving motorbikes recklessly on roads in Osceola County. Lopez said that Barreto was identified as a suspect. A helicopter followed overhead as Barreto allegedly drove the wrong way down the road & ran red lights.
Deputies tried to arrest him as he refueled at the Wawa station. A struggle ensued & Barreto’s bike was knocked over, spilling fuel on him. That’s when a deputy allegedly used a Taser to try to subdue Barreto.
The Taser ignited a huge fire, captured on video from the helicopter that appeared to show both Barreto & the deputy engulfed in flames.
Crawford, the deputy, will be charged with culpable negligence.
“He was aware there was gas in the immediate area, he says ‘kill the pump, there’s gas,’ he then grabbed a discarded taser & told the suspect, ‘you’re about to get tased again dude,'” Lopez said. “His actions were reckless & the disregard for life rises to the level of culpable negligence.”
NeJame said that Barreto has spent 10 weeks in the hospital & is still undergoing “potentially life saving but excruciating painful treatment.”
“He is without skin on most of his body, his skin having been burned off,” NeJame said, adding that Barreto will be placed in a medically-induced coma in the coming days in order to receive further treatment.
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Source: Law And Crime
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