Person Co. Sheriff responds to video of arrest using Taser in Roxboro
TRACKER. ALL RIGHT, BRIAN, KEEP
US POSTED.
>> A VIDEO OF AN ARREST IN
PERSON COUNTY MONDAY NIGHT HAS
SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS
CONCERNS. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE,
COREY OUTLAW IS HIT WITH A
TASER IN THE BACK BY A DEPUTY
AT BROOKWOOD APARTMENTS.
THIS IS IN ROXBORO. THE SHERIFF
TELLS WRAL HIS DEPUTIES
FOLLOWED PROTOCOL AND THE
BODY-WORN CAMERAS PROVE IT.
WRAL'S MONICA CASEY DUG INTO
THE DETAILS AROUND THIS ARREST
THAT SOME ONLINE ARE CALLING
TROUBLING.
>> SHERIFF JASON WILBORN TELLS
ME WHILE THE VIDEO OF COREY
OUTLAWS ARREST ON SOCIAL MEDIA
IS ONLY A FEW MINUTES LONG, THE
BODY WORN CAMERA SHOWS THIS
WAS A 40 MINUTE INTERACTION
AROUND 6.15, MONDAY EVENING.
POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE
BROOKWOOD APARTMENTS FOR A MAN
BREAKING WINDOWS THERE. THEY
FOUND COREY OUTLAW WHO THEY
SAY WAS CLEARLY IMPAIRED
PERSON. COUNTY SHERIFF JASON
WELBORN TELLS ME AFTER ABOUT
40 MINUTES OF BACK AND FORTH,
OUTLAW BECAME MORE AGITATED
AND A DEPUTY PERFORMED A DRY
START WITH THE TASER OUT LAST
>> A VIDEO POSTED ON FACEBOOK
SHOWS OUTLAW WAS SHOCKED.
2 MORE TIMES IS WHAT UNFOLDED
THERE IN LINE WITH YOUR
PROTOCOLS? YES, VERY MUCH SO
>> THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE
SUBJECT IN COMPLIANCE AND MAKE
THE ARREST FOR BUSINESS BUT
STRUCK AN OFFICER AND ALSO WANT
STAY ARRESTED AND HANDCUFFED
HIM. HE WAS FOUND TO BE IN
POSSESSION.
OF BRASS KNUCKLE AFTER HE WAS
ON THE GROUND. OUTLAW WAS
CARRIED BY LAW ONE SAYS HE WAS
IN A DEAN'S LIST HONORS.
HE WAS LAYING IN THE ROADWAY.
>> IN THE INTEREST TO THIS
APARTMENT COMPLEX. IT'S HEAVILY
TRAVELED. HE WAS GIVEN SEVERAL
OPPORTUNITIES AND SEVERAL
COMMANDS SET UP TO STAND UP.
THE INCIDENT REPORT SAYS AROUND
7.15, OUTLAW WAS CHECKED OUT
BY EMS ON SCENE AND CLEARED.
WILLBORN SAYS HE'S NOT LEGALLY
ALLOWED TO RELEASE THE BODY
CAMERA FOOTAGE TO THE PUBLIC
WITHOUT A COURT ORDER. BUT HE
WANTS TO BE AS TRANSPARENT
ABOUT THIS CASE AS POSSIBLE IN
PERSON COUNTY, MONICA, CASEY,
WRAL NEWS. WE HAVE BEEN IN
TOUCH WITH COREY A LOT TODAY.