McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - A
McAlester police officer is due in court next month after he was charged
with using a stun gun on a handcuffed woman.
Officer Sterling Lee
Taylor-Santino has pleaded not guilty to felony assault and battery with
a dangerous weapon. Taylor-Santino is due in court Dec. 14.
Surveillance video obtained
by the newspaper shows Taylor-Santino using a stun gun on 28-year-old
Nakina Williams on June 24 at the Pittsburg County jail. The video shows
Williams appearing to spit at Taylor-Santino, who then uses a stun gun
on Williams.
Williams received a 10-year suspended sentence for felony assault and battery on a police officer.
Taylor-Santino declined to
comment. A former colleague, Cheryl Kelley, says the charges are
unjustified and that Taylor-Santino is a fair officer.
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