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No charges filed for Taser use at party

By The Associated Press wire report May 16, 2008 12:47 PM

ROCKLAND - Prosecutors say no charges will be brought against those involved in using a Taser on a Knox County deputy during a bachelor party.

Maine's attorney general and the county district attorney launched an investigation after video surfaced of the incident last Labor Day weekend in which a deputy was shocked with a Taser before being hogtied and paraded around town in the back of a pickup.

On the video, the groom-to-be drops to the ground after being Tasered. Then the other men bind him and cover him with oil and feathers.

The Knox County sheriff is still reviewing the incident. A Lincoln County deputy has been disciplined for lending the Taser that was used at the party.