A BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTY IS RECOVERING AT HOME AFTER BEING BEATEN BY A MAN SHE TRIED TO PULL OVER FOR RUNNING A RED LIGHT. CAPTAIN JUSTIN DUNLAP SAYS DEPUTY DEANNA YOUNG SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES … ALLEGEDLY INFLICTED BY 28 YEAR OLD JOSHUA VIGIL, WHO MANAGED TO GRAB THE DEPUTY'S TASER DURING THE ENCOUNTER. DUNLAP SAYS VIGIL TRIED TO USE THE TASER ON YOUNG, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK. HE SAYS VIGIL IS ALSO ACCUSED OF HITTING HER WITH THE TASER AND HIS FISTS MULTIPLE TIMES, KICKED HER AND TRIED TO CHOKE HER.
DUNLAP SAYS VIGIL, WHO WAS ARRESTED AFTER A PURSUIT, HAS A LENGTHY CRIMINAL HISTORY…INCLUDING BATTERY, ASSAULT AND CHILD ABUSE. HE NOW FACES A NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL CHARGES, INCLUDING ATTEMPTED MURDER.
