3 students arrested, 1 Taser-stunned at Pine Ridge High in Deltona
Three students were arrested at Pine Ridge High School in Deltona on Thursday, one of them a marijuana salesman who was zapped twice with a Taser for scuffling with two deputies, according to an arrest report.
Wilbur Fredrick Miller II was handcuffed after he became violent with a school resource deputy and an assisting deputy who responded to the high school on Howland Boulevard.
The 18-year-old student was shot twice with a Taser by Volusia County sheriff's deputy Vincenzo Vento, the report says. Vento had to shoot Miller twice because the first deployment was ineffective, the report says. Only one of two prongs punctured Miller's arm on the first shot, the report shows.
Miller became violent with the school resource deputy after the deputy asked Miller if he could search him for marijuana, the report shows.
Sometime after 9 a.m. Thursday, the school resource deputy found a female student in possession of four plastic bags of marijuana, the report shows. The girl told the school deputy she had gotten the pot from a student she knew only as "Fred," the report shows.
The school resource deputy called for backup and Vento reported to the school, the report shows. The two deputies then contacted Miller and told him top step into the cafeteria, which was empty at that hour of the morning. Miller consented to a search and when the school resource deputy found marijuana on the teen, Miller turned away and began resisting, the report says.
Miller would not obey commands by the deputies and flailed his arms. At that point, Vento warned Miller he would deploy his Taser, the report shows. Vento shot Miller, but only one prong stuck in the teenager's arm, the report says. That did nothing to stop Miller, who then ran out into a courtyard. There were several other students on break from their classes in the area and they watched the ordeal unfold between Miller and the deputies.
Vento yelled at Miller to stop again or he would be shot, the report shows. When Miller kept going, he was zapped again, this time getting hit in the lower back, the report shows.
The two deputies climbed on top of Miller after they handcuffed him in an effort to calm him down, the report shows. Deputies then found $219 in the student's pocket arranged, "in such a way ... to distribute change to potential drug customers."
Several students in the courtyard began yelling, "(expletive deleted) the Police!" the report shows. One student got closer and continued to yell the obscenity, the report shows. That teenager -- whose name was not available because he's a minor -- was arrested and charged with resisting arrest without violence, the report says.
The female student who was initially stopped with four bags of marijuana also was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana on school grounds, the report shows.
They want to base my future pay on an equation that has kids like this factored in?
because I couldn't stand the teacher and the work was too boring. It was business and I'd miss 3 days, come in and be caught up. rinse repeat.
