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Penn Hills man tased after assaulting officer, police say

SALTSBURG, Pa. — A Penn Hills man was tased while trying to fight an officer during a traffic stop, police say.

Mark Turner, 49, was pulled over on Saltsburg Road Tuesday night.

Police say Turner got out of his car in a parking lot and tried to get in a truck he owned that was parked in the parking lot.

Court documents say officers began interfering and that Turner hit and kicked one of them before reaching down to the floorboard, which led to officers tasing him.

Turner is facing aggravated assault, resisting arrest and evading arrest charges.

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