Walmart Narrative Report

On 12/03/2016 at approximately 2158 hours, I, Officer J. Wilson (2136), along with Officers J. Schettler (2164) and J. Erskine (2146) responded to a reported theft in progress at the Walmart located at 2501 University Commons Way. The on-duty Walmart loss-prevention employee called E-911 stating that a white male wearing a blue "Captain America" t-shirt along with a white female were removing tags from store merchandise and concealing items on their person. The complainant also stated that the two suspects appeared to be under the influence of an intoxicant. Upon arrival, all three officers parked at the rear bottom doors of Walmart inside the parking garage. I entered through the north rear doors and immediately encountered both defendant

Officer Schettler then struck Large one time in the right side of his face with a closed fist. Officers then held Large down on his stomach and gave Large verbal commands to give his hands and attempted to place Large in handcuffs. Large then continued to resist by ignoring officer's commands and placing his hands underneath him near his waistline as if he was reaching for a weapon. Officer Schettler then sprayed Large in the face with Sabre Red OC spray for a single, one-second dispersion. I then walked Welch, who was handcuffed, outside and had her sit down and placed my right knee onto Large's back to prevent Large from attempting to stand up again. Officer's Erskine and Schettler had Large's left hand behind his back and were attempting to gain control of Large's right arm to place it behind his back so he could be handcuffed. I gave Large multiple verbal commands to give officers his hand and to stop resisting. Large refused to give officers his right hand and continued to bury his hand into his front waist area. Officer Erskine struck Large in the side two times with a closed fist when Large would not remove his right hand from his front waist