A man with a face completely covered with tattoos was reportedly Tased by Portland, Ore., police after leading officers on a chase that ended with the suspect pretending he was going to shoot the cops in a grocery store stockroom.
Matthew Joseph Medlin, 36, had previously been busted for vandalizing cars, licking a person’s face and attempting to bite a cop in 2016, according to KOIN News in Washington. He also reportedly broke out of prison in 2014, where he’d been doing time for burglary, sexual abuse and assault.
Medlin’s most recent arrest came at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday when police responded to a break-in at a transit station Snack Shack. The suspect reportedly ran to a nearby grocery store, where officers caught up to him in the shop’s stockroom. Police say they used a stun gun after Medlin put his hands in his jacket and said he was going to shoot them.
He stands accused of criminal mischief, menacing, disorderly Conduct, and resisting arrest, according to KOIN.
