Bad Axe, Mich.-The Huron County sheriff’s office believes a disagreement over manure may have led a 45-year-old man to brandish a shotgun in the direction of his neighbors while they were fertilizing their field early on Sept. 12. Two deputies took the man, whose identity has not been released, into custody after using a Taser weapon to subdue him. They said he had been firing his shotgun on his own property and then turned the gun in the direction of his neighbors. The sheriff’s office reported that Casey and Tina Jahn, who live in Stoddard in Huron Township, were spreading lime and manure on their farm at about 9:30 a.m. when the gunfire began. The Jahns told deputies there had been arguments with the neighbor over spreading manure before this incident took place. The Jahns left the field and called 911 while their neighbor continued to fire the gun on his own property. Deputies said the firing continued even as they were talking with the Jahns at their residence. They confronted the suspect at his residence, and when he refused to cooperate they “decided to use the Taser to complete the arrest.” He was taken first to a hospital and then locked up in the Huron County jail on a felonious assault charge. After the required 20 hours, he was released on $10,000 bail. The sheriff’s office declined to release his name until he is arraigned in district court.
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