Maybe MADD's "War on Drunk Driving" has gone a bit too far….
D.A. Reviewing Death of West Allis Man After Taser Incident
Milwaukee, WI. Dec. 6 — Prosecutors are investigating how West Allis police officers handled a drunken-driving suspect found dead the day after they used force and a Taser on him to obtain a blood draw…
The Milwaukee County medical examiner's office is awaiting autopsy results before determining a cause of death. According to court and medical examiner's records:
Robert Wayne Maurina, 46, had come to the West Allis Police Department early on Nov. 28 to pick up his girlfriend after she was arrested on a drunken driving charge. Police suspected Maurina also was intoxicated and arrested him about 4 a.m. He was later charged with fifth-offense drunken driving.
At Aurora West Allis Medical Center, Maurina resisted attempts to take a blood sample, according to court records, and had to be restrained and stunned with a Taser.
Shortly before noon the same day, Maurina was released to his brother, in whose basement Maurina lived. The brother told a medical examiner's office investigator that Maurina had complained about pain to his ribs and kidney on his left side, and that he heard Maurina coughing about 7 p.m. that day.
The next morning, the brother said, he found Maurina dead in his basement room. The medical examiner's report indicated that Maurina was on several medications.
The funeral for Maurina, an Air Force veteran, was Tuesday…
No comment necessary.
(Thanks to John Kruzelock.)
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