Authorities in Florida struck a grandmother with a stun gun three times on her 70th birthday after she refused to allow them into her home to search for her grandson, documents show.
The woman, Barbara Pinkney, was charged Thursday with obstruction and battery on a law enforcement officer, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by NBC News.
The documents say that the grandson, Tevin Turner, was wanted on a probation violation for carrying a concealed weapon. Records listed Pinkney’s address as Turner’s, the documents say, though Pinkney told NBC affiliate WFLA that he had just used her address while on probation.
“He wasn’t living here,” she told the station.
Pinkney said she was sacred when authorities began pounding on her door early on the morning of Dec. 26.
“I was just hollering,” she told the station. “I didn’t know what else to do.”
According to the affidavit, Pinkney demanded a search warrant, which an officer said was unnecessary because authorities had already obtained an arrest warrant. When an officer warned her that she could be arrested if Turner was inside, she still refused to open the door.