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Police used a Taser to restrain Dwayne Murray, 27, of Carthage Street, after an argument with his ex-girlfriend turned violent and nearly harmed the woman's young child.
Murray's ex-girlfriend told police that he appeared at the home they previously shared on Carthage Street at about 10 p.m. Tuesday, apparently intoxicated. When she refused to let him inside and tried to walk away, Murray grabbed her arms, walked her across the street and held her against a brick wall, while shouting obscenities. He released her when neighbors came outside.
He returned to the home at about 2:50 a.m. Wednesday, while the ex-girlfriend was asleep. After she refused his demands to come outside, Murray tried opening the windows, then shoved an air-conditioner unit into the home, nearly striking the woman's 6-year-old daughter. The ex-girlfriend then locked herself in the closet and called the police.
Officers found Murray on Fairchild lying facedown in bushes. He did not respond to three requests to show his hands, so police used a Taser to control him and place him under arrest. After being treated at St. Vincent's Hospital, Murray was charged with risk of injury to a minor, second-degree unlawful restraint, interfering with an officer, threatening and two counts of a breach of the peace. He was held on $10,000 bond and appeared in court Wednesday.
Also from the police blotter:
-One cop's sense of smell led to drug charges against a Monroe man. Mikail Tas, 36, was driving on Grasmere Avenue on Tuesday night when an officer traveling behind Tas noticed the smell of burnt marijuana. He stopped Tas, who admitted he was smoking the drug and produced a bag from his pocket.
In a search, police found five more bags of marijuana in the back seat and trunk, as well as a small pouch with a small amount of hash, a pipe, rolling papers and a box of small bags often used to distribute marijuana. Tas was charged with two counts of possession of more than 4 ounces of marijuana, two counts of possession with intent to sell and three counts of possession of drug paraphernalia. He was held on $10,000 bond and appeared in court Wednesday.
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