Ark. officer forced to use stun gun on brother

[October 15, 2009]  CONWAY, Ark. (AP) -- Authorities said a Vilonia police officer involved in a fracas at a private club in Conway has been taken into custody only after he was Tasered by his own brother, who is a Conway officer.

Vilonia officer Jeremy Smith, 32, faces charges of disorderly conduct and public intoxication.

Conway police reports say that when Conway officer Lloyd Smith arrived on the scene after midnight Wednesday morning, he found his brother Jeremy resisting arrest by another officer.

Lloyd Smith wrote in his report that when his brother continued to "raise his fists as if he was ready to fight, I pointed my Taser at Jeremy and pled with him, 'Please don't make me Tase you.'"

But Jeremy Smith continued to be uncooperative, according to reports from all three officers on the scene, and was Tasered by his brother, handcuffed and taken to the Faulkner County Jail for 12-hour detox.

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[Associated Press]

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