Athens man charged with assaulting mother with taser

By Joe Johnson

A 31-year-old Athens man has been charged with assaulting his mother with a taser.

Samuel Lacavera attacked the 61-year -old woman because he was upset about her selling their house on Meigs Street,

The victim told police that her son had removed the SIM card from her phone in what she believed was an attempt to thwart her from making the sale and he then chased her around the house with the taser until he used it in the bedroom,

“She stated that she believed that she was going to have a heart attack while he was tasing her,” according the police report,

The woman had a red mark on her abdomen where she’d been tased, but she didn’t require medical treatment.

Lacavera had fled from the house but police found hiim hiding in a craw space and arrested him on charges of aggravated assault, obstruction, and violating a court order to not have contact with his mother from a previous domestic violence arrest.

Lacavera has been jailed without bond since the July incident and today the charges were affirmed by a grand jury.