Taser Subdues Unruly Drunken Driver, Passenger: Police

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ROCHESTER HILLS, MI - Deputies deployed stun guns to subdue both the driver and a passenger in a vehicle stopped for suspicion of drunken driving at 1:15 a.m. Saturday, according to a report from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office.

Both the driver, a 33-year-old man, and his female passenger, 32, both of Rochester Hills, tried to walk away and enter an apartment building after a deputy stopped the vehicle in the 1600 block of Clemens Drive in Rochester Hills, police said.

Both appeared to be “highly intoxicated,” according to the report, and the driver refused to comply with field sobriety tests and also refused to submit to being placed under arrest.

The deputy deployed the Taser weapon to subdue the driver, at which point the female passenger began to physically attack the deputy, striking him in the face and kicking at him, according to the report.

Two more deputies arrived at the scene to assist with the arrest, and a Taser weapon was deployed to subdue the passenger as well, police said.

Both individuals were taken to the Oakland County Jail. The driver of the vehicle faces charges of resisting and obstructing a police officer and third-offense drunken driving.

It’s unclear if the female will be charged.