Man Runs From Police, Gets Tasered & Drowns

A Mississippi man jumped into a Brewton, Alabama pond and drowned shortly after police officers shocked him with a Taser.

By: Jamie Burch | WKRG
Published: July 08, 2008

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BREWTON, Ala. (AP) - A Meridian, Mississippi man died over the
4th of July weekend in a south Alabama pond after police officers
shocked him with a Taser.
Brewton Police said officers chased 36-year-old Arthur James
Bennett after he refused to stop for a DUI checkpoint. Police Chief
Monte McGougin said Bennett died just after midnight Friday.
McGougin said Bennett refused to surrender when officers
cornered him and he was Tasered. But he said Bennett ran into
nearby woods, jumped into a pond and drowned.
Police said Bennett had been wanted on multiple warrants.
The case was turned over to the Alabama Bureau of Investigation.