Chicago Couple Tasered at Wedding Reception in Michigan - Andy Somora and Anna Pastuszwska
We have to admit, this isn't the first wedding reception that we've heard about where cops had to be called and at least one member of the wedding party had to be tasered . . . usually the groom or best man. But zapping both the groom AND the bride, getting pictures of it, AND finding out that they got tasered AGAIN two days later? That has to be some kind of record for stupidity, even if they were drunk, which--according to police--is very likely at the center of this incident. At right, a picture of bride Anna Pastuszwska shortly after police tasered her husband.
Here's more on the story from the Chicago Sun Times:
Andy Somora and Anna Pastuszwska's July 19 wedding reception in tiny Lakeside, Mich., is still the talk of the town after officers from 14 police departments swarmed the art gallery to quell a melee. The groom's father, uncle, aunt and cousin -- several of whom hail from Villa Park and La Grange Park -- also got arrested.
The short version of the story is they didn't want to quit their partying," said Mike Sepic, Berrien County, Mich., chief assistant prosecutor. "If you put this in the class of wedding receptions gone bad, I guess this would take the cake."
And the story didn't end after the reception. Two nights later, the bride and groom were again arrested in Michigan -- and again shocked by a stun gun -- after struggling with police investigating a noise complaint, Sepic said. The groom was charged with pushing his new wife down during that incident, but the charge was later dropped as part of a plea bargain, Sepic said. Wedding photographer Kacper Skowron, a friend of the bride, said the party was "civilized" and "top-notch," with guests from around the country.
Gallery co-owner Tom Burnison, however, said that, fueled by alcohol, it got out of control and potentially dangerous, including when a guest heaved a metal lamp into a plate glass window. "Calling the police was a last resort," Burnison said. When the only local police officer on duty that night arrived, Burnison and his wife asked him to help break up the party because it had gotten "out of hand," with booze, water and broken glass on the floor, Chikaming Township police said. One guest was seen drinking straight out of a vodka bottle, Sepic said.
The officer called for backup and told everyone the party was over. Many guests left, but some refused and began cursing at officers, police said. "Andy got angry and started yelling, 'What are you doing? This is my wedding! You're making my wife cry!' " Skowron said.
"The crowd was trying to hold back the groom from mouthing off more, but finally he broke free, and they had to take him down," Sepic said of police. "He was heading for the officers. . . . Then the bride moved in and tried to interfere." As the newlyweds struggled on the ground, a police officer used a Taser on Somora, 29, police said. Pastuszwska, 28, was holding her new husband tight, and was shocked as well, Skowron and authorities said.


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