Post by WaTcHeR on Mar 17, 2006 15:13:57 GMT -5
03/17/2006 - An off-duty police officer in the Clay County town of Randolph was charged Thursday for allegedly using pepper spray in a Dec. 31 altercation with a bar patron.
Christopher L. Bishop, 26, of Kansas City, North, was charged with third-degree assault.
Prosecutors also charged Edward Truitt, 30, of Kansas City, North, with using a stun gun several times on the victim. Warrants have been issued for both men and bond was set at $10,000.
Bishop is expected to surrender today , according to prosecutors.
Randolph Police Chief John Morris was unavailable for comment Thursday. No lawyers were on record as representing Bishop or Truitt.
Bishop, who had just gotten off work, was wearing a police uniform when he stopped to visit Truitt, a security guard outside The Groove, 316 N.E. 72nd St., Gladstone, according to court records filed Thursday.
The altercation occurred shortly after the victim and a friend were ordered to leave the bar and Truitt and Bishop followed them to a parking lot across the street, prosecutors said.
According to court records, as the victim and his friend were about to get into their vehicle, Bishop sprayed the victim with pepper spray and Truitt shot the victim with a stun gun. The victim also told authorities that he was punched as he lay on the ground.
The officers did not provide medical attention to the victim and left him unattended without summoning Gladstone police, according to court records.
The victim said the assault left him with two knots on the back of his head, swelling on his face, burning and redness around both eyes, and stun gun wounds on his chest and lower back.
The victim later reported the incident to Gladstone police.
Christopher L. Bishop, 26, of Kansas City, North, was charged with third-degree assault.
Prosecutors also charged Edward Truitt, 30, of Kansas City, North, with using a stun gun several times on the victim. Warrants have been issued for both men and bond was set at $10,000.
Bishop is expected to surrender today , according to prosecutors.
Randolph Police Chief John Morris was unavailable for comment Thursday. No lawyers were on record as representing Bishop or Truitt.
Bishop, who had just gotten off work, was wearing a police uniform when he stopped to visit Truitt, a security guard outside The Groove, 316 N.E. 72nd St., Gladstone, according to court records filed Thursday.
The altercation occurred shortly after the victim and a friend were ordered to leave the bar and Truitt and Bishop followed them to a parking lot across the street, prosecutors said.
According to court records, as the victim and his friend were about to get into their vehicle, Bishop sprayed the victim with pepper spray and Truitt shot the victim with a stun gun. The victim also told authorities that he was punched as he lay on the ground.
The officers did not provide medical attention to the victim and left him unattended without summoning Gladstone police, according to court records.
The victim said the assault left him with two knots on the back of his head, swelling on his face, burning and redness around both eyes, and stun gun wounds on his chest and lower back.
The victim later reported the incident to Gladstone police.