Robbery victim gets stun-gun zap in face

A 21-year- old woman has been charged with ag- gravated robbery in which a victim was shocked in the face by a stun gun.

Memphis police charged Brittany Anderson of Memphis Thursday.

The affidavit said Britney Johnson and Donavin Jones reported a robbery at Shelby Drive and Kirby Parkway on Sunday night around 6:30 after the two were test-driving a vehicle they were trying to purchase.

After the test drive, Johnson told police, they were waiting to get the vehicle when, the affidavit states, “unknown subjects drove up and she was approached by a male subject who was armed with a Taser, activating it in (her) face.”

Jones told police the robbers took $860 cash.

The affidavit said Brittany Anderson “was developed as a suspect and positively identified as one of the subjects responsible.”

It gave no explanation of how Anderson became a suspect, if she knew the two victims or if she was in the vehicle when a man shocked Johnson with a stun gun.

When someone is shocked by a stun gun, the muscles in the body involuntarily contract. The person is often helpless and may experience pain.

Memphis police spokeswoman Karen Randolph said Johnson was not injured in the apparent attack.

When Anderson came to the Memphis Police Ridgeway Station and was advised of her Miranda rights, the affidavit said Anderson waived those rights and gave a statement admitting to taking part in the “planning and execution of the robbery.”

No other suspects have been arrested in the case.