The man Tasered by a Summit County Sheriff’s Office deputy in Old Town in December faces three charges stemming from the episode, including one claiming that he assaulted a law enforcement officer.
Paul Bradshaw, who is 26 years old and from Salt Lake City, is charged with:
assault against a peace officer on duty, which is a class A misdemeanor
interference with a peace officer making a lawful arrest, a class B misdemeanor
intoxication, a class C misdemeanor
The charge of assault against a peace officer on duty is the most serious, punishable by one year in jail and a $2,500 fine upon conviction.
Bradshaw has not entered a plea. A hearing is scheduled Feb. 7.
Prosecutors in December filed a three-page charging document in Third District Court against Bradshaw. The information is similar to what was released by the Sheriff’s Office and the Park City Police Department after Bradshaw’s Dec. 14 arrest.
According to the charging document, a Sheriff’s Office deputy and Park City police officers were called to the 800 block of Main Street to handle a fight, with one of the people involved possibly having a gun.
A deputy and police officers were searching a garage on the 800 block of Main Street, which the police have said is underneath the Town Lift Plaza, when they found Bradshaw in the driver’s seat of a black sedan, the charging document says.
A deputy and a police officer shouted “police” and told Bradshaw to show his hands several times, according to the court filing. Bradshaw refused, the deputy opened the driver’s side door and told him to show his hands, prosecutors say, claiming that Bradshaw “slid his left hand under his left leg.”
A struggle ensued as Bradshaw kicked and turned from side to side as the officers were forcing him out of the vehicle to find out if he had a weapon, the charging document claims. Bradshaw kicked the deputy in the chest before the officers restrained him, prosecutors say.
Bradshaw’s breath smelled of alcohol, his speech was slurred and his eyes were bloodshot, the charging document says, noting that three piles of vomit were found on the ground next to the driver’s side door of the vehicle Bradshaw was sitting inside.
Bradshaw said he had “drank way too much” and apologized to the deputy while an ambulance crew was examining him afterward, the prosecutors say.
The charging document does not mention that Bradshaw was Tased in the confrontation.
Bradshaw’s attorney did not immediately return a phone message seeking comment. Loren Weiss, the attorney, had indicated in December he planned to dispute the charges against Bradshaw.
