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SUNRISE: Man arrested after throwing 'boulders,' fighting with police

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Colorado Springs police arrested a man after he allegedly pelted a neighbor’s car with rocks and had to be subdued with multiple shocks from a stun gun Wednesday.

Rocks were flying over a home in the 5200 block of Solar Ridge Drive at 4:31 p.m., smashing a car windshield as well as hitting officers when they arrived. When officers went around the side of the home, they found Michael Menke throwing rocks and used a stun gun to stop him, police said.

“I’m not talking about little rocks. These were big boulders that he was throwing,” said Lt. Robert Ryan.

Officers followed Menke retreated into his home, where a fight broke out when police tried to arrest him, Ryan said.  Officers used a stun gun several times on Menke to no effect, Ryan said.

Menke was booked into the El Paso County jail on suspicion of assault on a peace officer and reckless endangerment, among other potential charges.

Source: Colorado Springs Gazette