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September 2, 2010

Police: Woman zaps herself and brother with a stun gun

Associated Press

NORTH EAST, Pa. —

Police say an Erie-area woman somehow managed to zap both herself and her brother with a stun gun during a drunken dispute.

Forty-five-year-old Darlene Newara, of North East, will have a hearing Oct. 18 on charges including driving under the influence, disorderly conduct for fighting, and public drunkenness in the Aug. 8 incident.

State police say the responded to a disturbance outside an Erie-area store about 6 p.m. to find that Newara had been arguing with her brother and stunned him with the device, then accidentally shocked herself with it.

Police say she was intoxicated and had several unopened bottles of liquor in the vehicle with her three sons, who were not hurt.

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