Woman Tasered at Badger game
Bill Novak
10/13/2008
The Capital Times
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A Badger fan who reportedly refused to move out of the aisle at Camp Randall Stadium was Tasered and arrested during a scuffle involving herself, her husband and three UW-Madison police officers shortly after kickoff of the UW-Penn State football game on Saturday.

Margaret Hiebing, 54, of Madison was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest while her husband, Roman Hiebing Jr., 65, same address, was charged with disorderly conduct, according to UW-Madison police.

The brawl between the Hiebings and the cops started when too many people were trying to sit in Row 69 of Section U on the stadium's east side, said UW police Sgt. Jason Whitney.

"We asked her to go to her seat because she was sitting in the aisle," Whitney said. "We made attempts to contact guest services to help her to her seat, but that didn't happen, so our policy is if you're not in your seat, you get ejected."

Other fans also seated in the aisle cleared out after many in the stands complained about the congestion, Whitney said.

"Fans even moved down in the row so she could sit down, but she refused," Whitney said.

Roman Hiebing apparently was seated in the row, Whitney said, but he accompanied his wife when she was ejected.

After Margaret Hiebing was escorted out of the seating section, she really got upset, police said.

"When we were trying to place handcuffs on her, she started kicking and screaming," Whitney said. "That's when one of the officers discharged a Taser weapon on her."

The Taser was used in the "drive stun" mode, meaning the propellant cartridge was removed and the Taser held against the body to cause pain without incapacitating the person, instead of firing projectiles from a distance to demobilize a suspect.

Whitney said the department will conduct a "use of force" review about the discharging of a Taser, but no disciplinary action has been taken against the officer.

Three officers were slightly injured in the fracas, mainly from kicks from the arrested parties.

The Hiebings were the only two fans involved in the fight.

And no, they weren't drunk.

"They both blew zero blood alcohol content," Whitney said.

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