WAUKESHA - The North Prairie man who
posted a video on YouTube of him and his father stunning each other
with a stolen police Taser received two years in prison Thursday.
Paul Crowell, 22, plead guilty to possession of an electric
weapon for an incident that occurred on the morning of Jan. 1.
According to court documents, Crowell came in contact with a East
Troy police officer in Walworth County after his vehicle was found a
ditch near highways L and 20 in East Troy. In an attempt to keep him
warm while the officer interviewed Crowell’s passengers, she
allowed him to sit in her squad car, where he took the Taser by
reaching under the cage, court documents indicate.
It wasn’t until she dropped them off at a gas station that she
noticed the Taser missing from her vehicle. The Taser was recovered
in Waukesha County on Jan. 3. Police learned of the video on YouTube,
the popular video-sharing Web site, from a 16-year-old girl Crowell
showed the recording to, court records indicate.
Crowell’s father, Paul Dupey, of the town of Waukesha, pleaded
guilty Monday to possession of an electric weapon for his role in
the case. He is to be sentenced Aug. 6.
Rasmieyh Abdelnabi can be reached at rabdelnabi@conleynet.com.
