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DEERFIELD BEACH — Authorities in South Florida say a man who was found naked on the street and violently resisted arrest died after officers stunned him with a Taser.
Broward Sheriff's deputies say 41-year-old James Garland was spotted naked wandering through traffic waving his shirt after 4 a.m. Friday. After officers used the stun gun on him he was transported to a hospital and later pronounced dead.
Police say Garland was a registered sex offender who had been arrested 10 arrests in Broward County since 2002, mostly for cocaine-related charges.
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