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Stun gun use in arrest of 13-year-old brings controversy

The San Diego County Sheriff's Dept. has come under fire from some members of the community after a deputy used a stun gun to help subdue an uncooperative teenage runaway in Fallbrook on Saturday, June 13.

The incident began shortly after 5 p.m. that day when the mother of the boy called law enforcement to bring her 13-year-old son home after he had been missing for a day and a half. The boy had been reported missing, found, and returned home five times prior to that in recent history. Labeled a "chronic runaway," the youth was well-known to law enforcement.

Deputy Jeremy Banks responded to th...

 

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