Police use Taser on man accused of assaulting woman, molesting child
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Court documents say Columbia police had to use a Taser on a man who is accused of a number of crimes.
Deon Brown, 53, of Columbia, was charged on Monday with three counts of third-degree domestic assault, one count of misdemeanor third-degree kidnaping, misdemeanor resisting arrest, one count of second-degree domestic assault, felony resisting arrest and third-degree child molestation.
He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. An initial court appearance was held on Monday.
Court documents say police were called to a residence on Saturday and a standoff ensued after Brown would not come out of the home. Police called off the standoff and left, though it is not clear in court documents why that decision was made. Brown allegedly trapped one of the victims in a bathroom after assaulting them and threatened to kill them, the probable cause statement says.
In a second probable cause statement, police wrote that they went back to the residence as Brown was in a fight with one of the victims on the lawn of the home. There were three victims described in court documents, one being a child that he allegedly molested during the assaults. That victim also described sexual comments Brown allegedly made toward them in the past, the statement says.
Brown allegedly started walking back to the home when officers arrived, and officers told him they would use a stun gun if he did not comply, the statement says. An officer then deployed a Taser on Brown, court documents say.