WASHINGTON, April 19, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- TASER International, Inc. (Nasdaq:TASR), a market leader in advanced electronic control devices, released the following News Alert:
According to news reports from the Durham Region News, Durham police used a TASER(r) device to subdue 27-year-old Cory Patrick Deveaux on Rideau Street in Oshawa early Saturday morning. Deveaux was screaming in the streets and stabbing himself in the chest.
Police responded to reports of a distraught man in the area of Park Road and Bond Street at about 3:40 a.m. When Deveaux ignored officers' orders to release his weapon and made a move towards a nearby building, an officer deployed a TASER device to gain control of him.
Deveaux is being charged with threatening death and breach of probation among a number of other charges.
This information was compiled through publicly available media reports and distributed by Dittus Communications, Inc. of Washington, D.C.
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