A cleaning woman in a middle school was arrested earlier this month after police said officers mistook her for a burglar and shot her with a stun gun.
Juana Raymundo, 36, was cleaning inside Ooltewah Middle School in Collegedale, Tennessee on Jan. 11, when two police officers entered the building and saw that she was the only one inside, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reports. The arrest report states the officers announced their presence, but Raymundo, who did not speak very good English, responded with "no."
According to police, the officers began walking toward her and asked for her “identificacion” and “licencia,” but she continued to reply with “no” and walked quickly down the hallway. The officers yelled for her to “alto,” (stop in Spanish), and began to sprint after her, chasing her outside of the building, the arrest report stated. Once outside, the officers warned her to stop and shot her with a stun gun when she did not comply.
Raymundo was identified as an employee of a cleaning company that regularly works for the school, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reports. Nashville, Tennessee, attorney Andrew Free told the Times Free Press that he found a lot of details missing in the officer's report.
Raymundo was charged with evading arrest, booked in jail, and released on $750 bond.
Read more at the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
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