A Third District Court judge in March scheduled a summer trial for the man who was arrested in an Old Town garage late in 2010 after a Summit County Sheriff’s Office deputy subdued him with a Taser.

Judge L.A. Dever set the trial for June 28 and June 29, according to a court clerk.

Paul Bradshaw, who is 27 years old and has a listed address in Salt Lake City, faces three charges stemming from the episode. They are:

  • assault against a peace officer on duty, a class A misdemeanor
  • interference with a peace officer making a lawful arrest, a class B misdemeanor
  • intoxication, a class C misdemeanor

    The charge of assault against a peace officer on duty is the most serious of the charges and is punishable by one year in jail and a $2,500 fine upon conviction.

    Bradshaw has pleaded not guilty to each of the counts. His attorney did not immediately return a phone message seeking comment.

    The charges followed a rare case of a local police officer or sheriff’s deputy using a weapon to subdue someone in Park City.

    A charging document prosecutors filed against Bradshaw claimed a sheriff’s deputy and police officers from Park City on Dec. 14 were called to the 800 block of Main Street after receiving a report of a fight, with someone possibly having a gun, the prosecutors said.

    A police officer and a sheriff’s deputy were searching an underground garage and saw Bradshaw sitting in the driver’s seat of a car. The prosecutors said the lawmen identified themselves as police officers and told Bradshaw to show his hands. He did not do so when ordered, one of the lawmen opened the driver’s side door and gave the order again, the charging document said.

    Bradshaw struggled with the officers as they tried to get him out of the vehicle to find out whether he had a weapon, kicking the deputy in the chest, prosecutors said.

    The Sheriff’s Office said afterward the deputy attempted to use the Taser against Bradshaw, but one of the Taser’s two prongs failed to penetrate his clothing. Both need to stick into someone’s body for the Taser to work.

    The deputy then used the stun feature attached to the Taser itself on the back of one of the man’s legs, the Sheriff’s Office said, indicating the deputy stunned him twice before he complied with the orders.