Butler deputies Taser man during meth arrest

Friday, September 18, 2015

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Deputies Tasered a suspect at the Butler County, Missouri, Jail after he pulled a bag of suspected methamphetamine from his rectum Monday, attempted to swallow it and then assaulted deputies trying to save him from an overdose.

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