Man Threatens Restaurant Diners, Gets Tasered: Arlington Police

ARLINGTON, VA -- Police have arrested a man who they say threatened customers in a Clarendon restaurant and then had to be tasered by responding officers.

Police were called to the 3000 block of Washington Boulevard at around 9:47 a.m. on July 30 to a report of a "suspect making verbal threats to customers inside a restaurant," according to a report from the Arlington County Police Department.

"Upon arrival, officers made contact with the suspect and he was subsequently banned from the property," the report states. "At approximately 10:28 a.m., police were again dispatched to the location for the report of trespassing as the suspect had returned to the restaurant and was causing a disruption. As officers attempted to place the suspect into custody, the suspect became combative and a struggle ensued."

Police used a taser on the man when he did not obey orders from police, the report adds.

Police charged 42-year-old Masakela Blackmon with two counts of assault and battery of police and one count of trespassing and obstruction of justice.

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