Police: Springdale man tasered while resisting arrest for indecent exposure warrant

Allegheny County sheriff’s detectives say they had to use a stun gun to subdue a Springdale man after he scuffled with them and tried to grab the stun gun when they came to arrest him May 2 on a warrant for indecent exposure.

The indecent exposure charge, a misdemeanor, is the only charge that David Ricardo Perez, 30, of the 400 block of Grant Avenue, will face after seven felony child sex charges were withdrawn at a hearing in March for which he failed to show up. That’s what prompted the arrest warrant to be issued, according to court documents.

Perez was charged May 2 with felony counts of aggravated assault and disarming a law enforcement officer along with resisting arrest.

He is being detained in the Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh after he was unable to post 10% of a $1,000 cash bond. He faces a preliminary hearing before District Judge David Sosovicka on May 16, according to court records.

Investigators said Perez was staying at the Grant Avenue home of the mother of his child when a team of six county police officers came to arrest him on the indecent exposure charge shortly after 8:45 a.m. on May 2.

Court records show that following an investigation in Braddock, county police charged Perez on Sept. 25, 2021, with seven felony sex charges — two counts of indecent assault of a child under the age of 13; and one count each of endangering the welfare of children, displaying explicit sexual material to a minor, corruption of a minor, unlawful contact with a minor, criminal use of a communications facility, and indecent exposure.

During a March 15 hearing before Turtle Creek District Judge Scott Schricker at which Perez failed to appear, all the charges except the indecent exposure count were withdrawn, court records show.

Detectives who went to arrest Perez said he became irate and pushed officers away when they tried to handcuff him, the complaint said.

Police used a stun gun after Perez tried to break free, but the prongs failed to connect and he continued to fight, according to his arrest papers.

An officer used a stun gun on Perez’s back to try to subdue him but Perez grabbed the weapon and tried to wrestle it away, the complaint said.

Two officers were able to get the stun gun back by pinning Perez’s arms behind his back while other officers handcuffed him and took him into custody, the complaint said.