By Stephanie Farr
The Philadelphia Daily News
BROOKHAVEN, Pa. — Four shocks from Tasers couldn’t keep a flasher with a fanny pack down on Monday, so Delaware County police used their next best weapon in nonlethal force - beanbag bullets, according to court documents.
The trouble started when Daniel Reed, 48, allegedly flashed his female mail carrier and his neighbor at the Hilltop Condominiums, on Hilltop Drive in Brookhaven, shortly before 11 a.m., prompting a call to police.
When Officer George Pappas arrived on scene, Reed approached him in the parking lot and at one point pulled down his pants, exposing his penis, and told Pappas to “go d--k yourself,” the affidavit said.
After Reed zipped up, he unzipped a fanny pack that was around his waist and pulled out a three-inch knife, telling Pappas “I got something for you,” police said.
Pappas then shot Reed in the chest with his Taser but Reed “felt no effects,” according to the affidavit.
Reed then pulled the Taser probes out and allegedly taunted Pappas with the knife. When a backup officer arrived, he also shot Reed with his Taser, but it still didn’t seem to faze him.
Both officers then shot Reed again with their Tasers and it was only after the fourth probe struck him that he fell, court records said.
Still conscious, Reed then used his knife to cut himself free from all of the Taser wires, the affidavit said.
As he was getting up, Reed waved the knife and threatened to cut the cops’ eyes out and walked to his apartment, court documents said.
He stood at the screen door of his apartment and told the cops he had lots of knives and a pistol inside, according to the affidavit.
Police from numerous Delaware County departments arrived and after a struggle to open the door, they subdued Reed by shooting him with beanbag rounds and arrested him.
He was taken to Crozer-Chester Medical Center for a psychological evaluation and was arraigned yesterday on a slew of charges that included aggravated assault and open lewdness.
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