Police Tase 17-Year-Old Involved In Fight: Report

MOUNT PLEASANT, WI -- Police in Mount Pleasant say they needed to deploy a taser on a 17-year-old Racine resident after an incident on Highway 31 early Monday.

According to Mount Pleasant police, officers responded to a report of four people fighting in the parking lot of an apartment complex on S. Green Bay Road just north of the Kinzie Ave. intersection. Officers said the driver of a vehicle fled the scene after the fight. It was stopped by police moments later on Highway 31, police said.

Police said that a passenger of that vehicle, later identified as 17-year-old Traziyan Wadlington, of Racine, resisted arrest. In order for officers to safely take Wadlington into custody, a taser deployment was necessary, police said.

Police said Wadlington was involved in the fight. Police said he had suffered fresh injuries and also appeared to be under the influence of alcohol at the time of his arrest.

Police said Wadlington exited the vehicle after officers stopped him on Highway 31 early Monday. Police said he didn't follow any directions from the officers, and began swinging his arms at police at the scene.

As he moved away from officers, he drifted into traffic lanes on Highway 31. Fearing for his safety and the officers that intended to arrest him, police say one officer deployed a taser in order to quell the situation.

He was arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.