The incident happened just after 11:00p.m. Thursday night as officers attempted to pull over a truck for trying to force another vehicle off the road.
Officer Strickland, in response to the 911 call made by the victim, caught up with the mess at the intersection of I90 and S.W Baya Drive.
Strickland noted that as he tried to pull the truck over, the driver, 47 year-old Timothy Schultz, refused to stop while driving without headlights and sporadically hitting his brakes in a strange attempt to lose the officers tail.
Shultz eventually stopped in the front yard of his home in the 500 block of N.E. Jacksonville loop. Strickland said Shultz then exited his car and stood still and quiet as he stared at the officer.
After refusing the requests by officers to get on the ground, Shultz then opened the backseat door of his truck releasing a German Shepherd that aggressively ran towards the officers.
Out of what officers claim to be self-defense, the dog had to be fatally shot.
Officers then turned their attention to the owner who was still being uncooperative. Strickland said he then used his Taser on Shultz, but to his surprise had no effect. Shultz then attempted to pull the prongs out as another officer had to hit him with the second Taser that finally subdued the suspect.
Shultz was then brought in to the station where he refused a blood alcohol content test thus automatically suspending his license for 12 months.
Nonetheless, it was discovered at the station that this was not an isolated and uncommon display by Timothy Shultz.
Authorities say he was on bail for a similar altercation at a car dealership where Shultz had to be Tasered and could only be subdued by the use of additional pepper spray.
Ultimately Shultz faces a grocery list of charges which include several counts of reckless driving, refusing arrest, assault, intent to commit a felony, animal cruelty, and so much more. With countless criminal charges pending against him, and an insatiable appetite for participating in strange criminal behavior, Mr. Shultz will need the legal counsel of a skilled criminal defense attorney to have a fighting chance of not going to jail. Phoenix aggravated assault defense law firm The Law Offices of Howard A. Snader, LLC recommend obtaining legal representation immediately after being accused or arrested for aggravated assault, weapons charges, fleeing the police, attacking the police, or any other violent crime. The sooner you retain counsel, the better chance you have of finding weaknesses in the prosecution’s case.