A fleeing man suffered a head injury after he was tasered at the Wal-Mart at Buffalo Ridge Plaza in The Villages.
Justin Wayne Taylor, 42, of Ocklawaha, had been captured on video surveillance on March 25 putting a Skil brand circular saw into a shopping cart and leaving the store without paying for it, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. When a deputy attempted to question Taylor in the parking lot, he gave the the deputy a false name. It was also determined that Taylor had arrived at Wal-Mart while driving on a suspended license.
When a deputy ordered Taylor to put his hands behind his back, Taylor began to run across the parking lot. He ignored warnings that he was about to be tasered. When he was hit by the taser he landed face first on the asphalt and suffered a head injury. He was transported to Ocala Regional Medical Center.
Upon his release Friday from ORMC, Taylor was arrested on charges of theft, giving a false name to a law enforcement officer, driving while license suspended and resisting arrest. He was booked at the Sumter County Detention Center on $4,500 bond.
