Parolee Caught and Tasered after Prowling in California

In May, a man called Placer County Sheriff's 911 dispatch center in the early hours of the morning. The caller said that there was a man outside of his bedroom window peering into the room.

When police arrived, they found 43-year-old Steven Allen Shade, an Auburn parolee, creeping behind the caller's north Auburn apartment building. Upon investigation, officers discovered that Shade had entered the secured area behind the apartments through a hole in the fencing.

Although Shade had nowhere to run, he did not surrender to police. He forced a deputy to chase him from the Terracina Oaks Apartments complex and ignored the officer's requests to stop. It was when Shade reached into his pocket that the deputy used his Taser to bring Shade down.

Shade received treatment at a local hospital for removal of the Taser prongs before being brought to the Placer County Jail. He is being held without bail pending charges of resisting arrest, prowling, and violation of his parole.

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