When two officers arrived, they found Stephen on the front patio. As they were questioning him, however, Pamela stood between them and Stephen. The officers then tried to move Pamela off the patio and Stephen threatened to throw his coffee mug at the officer. The officer then shocked him with a taser.
Stephen however pulled out the darts and threw the coffee mug at the officers’ head. In the meantime, Pamela and one of the officer were struggling and fell backward. Pamela grabbed his baton and used it to strike the officer on the head. That is when Stephen grabbed a long-handle shovel and raised it high above his head to allegedly hit the officer. When the sergeant pushed him away, the couple went into the house.
Pamela was now charged with second-degree assault while Stephen was charged with obstructing governmental administration and menacing.
Kudos: Professor Roger E. Schechter