Tase Me, Dad! Tase Me!

I can't picture this.

I can't picture a 41-year-old man and his 22-year-old son making a video of themselves tasing each other and the video ending up on YouTube.

How weird!

Waukesha -- A Town of Waukesha man is accused of stealing a Taser stun gun from an East Troy police officer, later videotaping himself and his father "tasing" each other and then putting the video on YouTube, officials said Wednesday.

The video clip of the father/son tasing duo appeared on YouTube hours after the Taser was stolen on New Year's Day.

Happy New Year!

"Tase me, boy!"

"OK!"

"Tase me, Dad!"

"OK!"

Then, the tasing antics of the father/son team are posted on YouTube.

It's just bizarre.

Police say the 22-year-old man took the Taser when he was warming himself in a squad car after his car had gone into a ditch in Walworth County.

Here the son is being assisted by police and he steals the Taser.

I'd say he deserves to be tased for that, but it appears that the guy enjoys the sensation. He may not like actually being tased, but it seems that he enjoys playing Johnny Knoxville on YouTube.

What a JACKASS!

...The video shows the man and his father, 41, taking turns holding the probes and firing the Taser, according to a Waukesha County search warrant. The Taser never penetrated the skin, Waukesha County Sheriff's Detective Steve Pederson said.

East Troy Police Chief Alan Boyes said his department discovered the Taser was missing a short time after it occurred and the video on YouTube within one or two days of the theft.

How did the police find the video on YouTube?

Someone must have tipped them off.

...Boyes said an East Troy officer was assisting the man's two passengers after their car went into a ditch about 3 a.m. on Highway 20 near Highway L during a snowstorm.

The officer allowed the driver, the 22-year-old man, to sit in the back of her squad. He was not arrested or in custody, so he wasn't handcuffed, Boyes said. While in the squad, the man reached under a cage and stole the Taser off the seat, the chief said.

The officer had gotten the identification of the three people and gave them a lift to a nearby gas station where they could wait for a ride, Boyes said.

The Taser was discovered missing a short time later. East Troy police alerted the Waukesha County Sheriff's Department about the theft because the man lives in the Town of Waukesha.

The Waukesha County Sheriff's Department searched a home in the S5100 block of Big Bend Road belonging to the man's father on Jan. 3 where they recovered a Taser and confiscated a camera and computer equipment, according to the search warrant.

What jerks!

A police officer was assisting the men and they allegedly steal the Taser.

How did this thing play out? Did the son take his loot and show his dad?

"Look, Daddy! I stole me a Taser from the Sheriff. Let's tase each other, videotape it, and put it on YouTube."

The fact that 41-year-old Daddy participated in the tasing stunt explains a lot about the 22-year-old son. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

The man, 22, is in custody on an unrelated matter, Pederson said.

The 22-year-old in custody on an unrelated matter?

I'm shocked! Absolutely shocked!

East Troy police are asking that the Town of Waukesha man be charged with two felonies, disarming a peace officer and possession of an electric weapon, and two misdemeanors, carrying a concealed electronic weapon and theft. The Walworth County District Attorney has not made a decision on charges.

The Waukesha County Sheriff's Department has not completed its investigation or determined what charges, if any, would be requested, Pederson said.

I understand the part about not having completed the investigation and holding off on charges until then. Of course, that's as it should be.

I don't get the "if any" part about the Waukesha County Sheriff's Department determination of what charges to request. The Sheriff's Department must be able to positively identify its weapons.

I would certainly hope that the 22-year-old is charged with stealing the officer's Taser. It's not a minor offense to disarm an officer.

On the bright side, I guess it's nice that the father and son are close, share similar interests, and do things together.