The Pueblo County Sheriff's Office said Deputy Mikhail Noel and Lt. Henry Trujillo violated a number of policies in the tasing case of Kenneth Espinozaa.
Two Las Animas County sheriff's deputies who shocked a handcuffed man in the face and chest with a Taser as he tried to watch a traffic stop were fired in late August after an independent investigation found they had no legal basis to detain the man, used excessive force and wrote false reports, according to a report made public Monday.
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Two Las Animas County sheriff's deputies who shocked a handcuffed man in the face and chest with a Taser as he tried to watch a traffic stop were fired in late August after an independent investigation found they had no legal basis to detain the man, used excessive force and wrote false reports, according to a report made public Monday.
According to an investigation, two Colorado deputies repeatedly and unjustly used Tasers against a man during a traffic stop that led to a false arrest. The men have since been fired.