Stun gun brings down alleged meth trafficker
Deputies stopped an alleged meth trafficker in his tracks Wednesday, dropping him with a tazer gun as he tried to flee the scene of a meth lab.
The suspect, Christopher Layton Taylor, 35, is charged with manufacture of methampetamine and is being held at Warren County Jail awaiting arraignment.
According to Sheriff Jackie Matheny, deputies when to a residence on Merry Oaks Road Wednesday to arrest Taylor on an unrelated warrant. Taylor reportedly fled on foot when officers arrived, leading to a short chase which ended when one of the deputies hit Taylor on the run with his tazer. A tazer is shot from a gun-like device and introduces a non-lethal charge of electricity into the target to temporarily stun the suspect. The charge is introduced by small dart-like prongs which imbed themselves in the target’s skin while remaining hooked to wires in the gun held by the shooter.
Officers reported finding half a gram of meth on Taylor’s person and numerous items commonly used in the production of meth inside the residence.