Gwinnett County Police recorded the man's erratic behavior on camera while he was at a Norcross-area driving range.
Gwinnett County Police videotaped the erratic behavior of Karl Laventure, an Alpharetta man who admitted to being high on bath salts and marijuana. He was tasered 14 times, had threatened to eat people and exhibited superhuman strength, according to police reports obtained by Patch. The incident occured around 10 a.m. June 14 at Atlanta Golf Center, located off Beaver Ruin Road in unincorporated Norcross. Click here for the full story. The above video was filmed when police were able to handcuff the suspect after six taser attempts and half a can of pepper spray. It captures Laventure ranting and screaming at officers about Tupac, the Avengers, eating people and other random topics. The footage is from a personal recording device off an on…
The suspect, who was at a Norcross-area driving range, also was tasered 14 times.
Updated, 7:30 p.m. Click here to watch the video of the man's arrest. --- A man high on what is suspected to be "bath salts" was tasered 14 times, threatened to eat people's faces and exhibited superhuman strength in a June 14th incident at the Atlanta Golf Center in unincorporated Norcross. Officers who were first on the scene at the 1100 Beaver Ruin Road establishment around 10:30 a.m. said Alpharetta resident Karl Laventure came running at them out of the woodline "in a full sprint," according to police reports obtained by Patch. Authorities had received a call about a male who had exhibited odd behavior. Laventure, who admitted being high on bath salts and marijuana, was half-naked and barefoot while waving a golf club and running …
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Sarah Bakhtiari
7:40 pm on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Melissa, the video is now up. Check it out here: http://patch.com/A-vK3S more ›