Officers Use Taser on Man Causing Incident on Taney Road

Manassas City Police said they used a taser to subdue an intoxicated man who kicked cars and assaulted a driver on a local road. 

Dearious Davis, 25, of McMillian Drive in Sumerduck, was charged with felony destruction of property, misdemeanor destruction of property, simple assault and battery, assault and battery of a law enforcement officer, obstruction of justice, resisting arrest and public intoxication. 

Witnesses told police that a man was walking in the roadway on the 9300 block of Taney Road and kicking cars, around 5 p.m. Oct. 19, and that he had assaulted a driver. An officer told Davis—who police described as "agitated and apparently intoxicated"—that he was under arrest. Police said that he resisted arrest and they used a Taser gun to subdue him.

Police said that as they guided Davis into a police cruiser, he used his head to strike one of the officers. Neither were injured.  

Davis was held at the adult detention center without bond. He will appear in court on Nov. 13.