Tulsa man shrugs off Taser, loses fistfight with officer after crashing in high-speed chase

SAND SPRINGS — A Tulsa man shrugged off a hit by a Taser and got into a fistfight with a police officer Tuesday after crashing during a high-speed chase, a report shows.

 
By ZACK STOYCOFF - Tulsa World | Modified: May 31, 2012 at 10:44 am | Published: May 31, 2012   

SAND SPRINGS — A Tulsa man shrugged off a hit by a Taser and got into a fistfight with a police officer Tuesday after crashing during a high-speed chase, a report shows.

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Robert David Ragland, 33, told police that he was on methamphetamine when he allegedly fled a traffic stop in a stolen pickup, crashed into another vehicle and then repeatedly punched a Sand Springs police officer who had used a Taser while trying to arrest him, according to the police report.

Ragland was arrested after two additional officers helped subdue him in a wooded area west of downtown Tulsa, the report says.

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