Officer Suspended Over Teen Taser Incident

JACKSONVILLE, FL (AP) -- An officer has been suspended for three days for allegedly zapping a 13-year-old girl with a stun gun while she was handcuffed in his caged patrol car.

An internal report by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office says Llahsmin Lynn Kallead was handcuffed and in the back seat of the patrol car when officer G.A. Nelson stunned her.

Nelson and his partner had been called to the apartment Kallead shares with her mother Rosie Vaughan because they were fighting on February 7.

Vaughan wanted police to help get medical help for her daughter. The girl had been hospitalized for observation in the past for emotional disorders.

Nelson allegedly used the low-setting stun mode when she wormed the handcuffs from behind her back and would not do as directed.

The report says Nelson didn't violate written guidelines on using stun guns, but his actions show poor judgment.

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