Email Us for a Consultation

    You may also fill out the form below and we will contact you at your convenience

    Fields marked with * are required.

    The use of the this form does not establish an attorney-client relationship. Confidential or time-sensitive information should not be sent through this form unless requested to do so by an attorney.

    Grand Jury Indicts Millvale PA Police Officer for Using Stun Gun Excessively

    Case Update:

    A federal jury convicted the police officer, Nicole Murphy, in November 2014. She was sentenced to three years of probation and 300 hours of community service. Millvale paid the man whose civil rights were violated and caught on video, Thomas Jason James Smith, $37,000 in 2014 to settle a civil suit he filed.

    _____________________

    A grand jury has indicted a Millvale Pennsylvania police officer who used a stun gun on a handcuffed suspect while he was sitting on the floor. The police officer was indicted on charges of deprivation of rights under color of law. An anonymous person took a video of the incident in 2012 and sent it to Attorney Shrager, who represents the victim who was tasered.

    Watch the video of Attorney Shrager discussing the case with Channel 11 WPXI News.

    Watch the video of Attorney Shrager discussing this case on WTAE Channel 4 News.

    Read more on Pittsburgh Trib Live.

    Read more on the NY Daily News

    Read more about the Pennsylvania Stun Gun Case.