Lovers' quarrel leads to taser treatment at truck stop

The Trucker News Services

10/29/2008

BEAVERDAM, Ohio — A standoff at a truck stop led to a man being tasered in Beaverdam Tuesday afternoon, the Allen County Sheriff’s Office reported Wednesday.

Deputies said a Chicago man who was traveling with his girlfriend got into an argument with her after they stopped at the Pilot Travel Center off of Interstate 75.

43-year-old Christopher Reich then locked himself in his cab and threatened to harm himself with a knife. He also covered himself in lighter fluid.  Deputies said they tried to talk him out of the truck, but that he continued to taunt them.

The dispute ended when the Reich leaned out the window, and a deputy hit him with a stun gun.  No charges have been filed in the incident yet.