Suspect Says He Fought with Police
Because He Wanted to Feel a Taser
A Bradford man charged with resisting arrest told police he just wanted to know what a Taser felt like.
30-year-old Matthew Simonds waived his preliminary hearing today in front of District Justice Dominic Cercone on charges of resisting arrest, fleeing or eluding police, disorderly conduct, driving at an unsafe speed, careless driving and DUI.
At about 2 a.m. on June 25 police say Simonds was driving on West Washington Street at about 50 mph in a 25 mph zone. Papers filed in Cercone’s office also say he was swerving and crossing lanes. When police tried to stop him he turned onto Harding Avenue and into a driveway, where he attempted to hide the car behind a camper.
After observing Simonds’ “glossy eyes” and beer cans on the floor of the car, police asked him to get out of the vehicle but he gripped the wheel and said he wasn’t going anywhere without a fight. When police told him there wouldn’t be a fight because they have Tasers, he told them to get the Tasers out.
One officer took Simonds to the ground, where he was “resisting and fighting heavily.” After police used a Taser and handcuffed him Simonds “said he was stupid for wanting to fight.” Later he said “he was stupid as he wanted to see what a Taser felt like.”
Simonds is free on $25,000 bail.
30-year-old Matthew Simonds waived his preliminary hearing today in front of District Justice Dominic Cercone on charges of resisting arrest, fleeing or eluding police, disorderly conduct, driving at an unsafe speed, careless driving and DUI.
At about 2 a.m. on June 25 police say Simonds was driving on West Washington Street at about 50 mph in a 25 mph zone. Papers filed in Cercone’s office also say he was swerving and crossing lanes. When police tried to stop him he turned onto Harding Avenue and into a driveway, where he attempted to hide the car behind a camper.
After observing Simonds’ “glossy eyes” and beer cans on the floor of the car, police asked him to get out of the vehicle but he gripped the wheel and said he wasn’t going anywhere without a fight. When police told him there wouldn’t be a fight because they have Tasers, he told them to get the Tasers out.
One officer took Simonds to the ground, where he was “resisting and fighting heavily.” After police used a Taser and handcuffed him Simonds “said he was stupid for wanting to fight.” Later he said “he was stupid as he wanted to see what a Taser felt like.”
Simonds is free on $25,000 bail.
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