on the 25th of August 2023 in CRA act at around 2:30 a.m. police spotted a silver Holden Captiva driving on Limestone Avenue in Reid officers noticed the last letters on both of the car's number plates were obscured by a sticker and pulled the vehicle over the driver was identified as Matthew Thomas Druid 29 years old further investigation revealed Druid possessed an expired provisional license and police checks in indicated discrepancies with the vehicle's number plates initially Cooperative drw's demeanor changed when asked to turn off his vehicle by a constable ignoring the officer's instruction Dru turned his steering wheel and accelerated forward the Constable fearing for his safety attempted to grab the key to turn off the car in response an officer deployed a taser striking drew it in the chest causing the vehicle to Lurch forward another officer had to run and catch the moving vehicle to turn off the engine get out the car you out the car get out of the car out car a get out the get out of the car get out the fu again on your face on your face now give me your hand give me your hand you going to be tast again hand got hand you're under arrest you're under arrest [ __ ] filing to stu oh man stop moving your I'm going to t you again you'll be Drive St iise I'm not oh man you Ro good give that hand y so I'm going to caution you you don't have to sell do anything but anything you do s do maybe using as evidence okay all right see4 are I'm off with those units man [ __ ] Matthew Dru it was charged with and pled guilty to drive motor vehicle at police and driving while unlicensed in court AB original legal service lawyer Sam Lynch stated Dru was driving a friend home who had been drinking alcohol on on the night of the arrest Lynch attributed dru's actions to panic and a significant error in judgment citing underlying mistrust of police prosecutor taten kellerer argued that both Dru and the police had been polite to each other until the motorist attempted to evade arrest Justice chrisa Lucas Carlson handed down a sentence of 9 months imprisonment suspended upon Dru entering into a 12-month good behavior order thanks for watching [Music]