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Lincoln Man Tazed After Threats with Hammer
Posted: 4:43 AM May 5, 2012
Reporter: 10/11 News
A Lincoln police officer tazed a man who was threatening another person with a hammer.
It happened around 12:30 Saturday morning near 16th and "D" street in Lincoln.
Lincoln police responded to reports of a man knocking on the victim's door, holding a hammer and demanding money.
When officers arrived, they told 42 year old John Miller to drop his hammer, but he refused.
Officers then deployed a tazer to take him into custody.
Miller was arrested and has been charged with making terroristic threats which is a felony, use of a weapon to commit a felony, and failure to comply with an officer.
He faces more than a year in prison is convicted.
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