Man Tasered For Stealing Salad

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Man And City Reach Deal Over Chuck E. Cheese Taser Incident

Aurora, Colorado - A man who was hit with a Taser gun after police accused him of stealing a salad from Chuck E. Cheese's restaurant has reached a deal with the city.

Danon Gale, 29, agreed to drop his $500,000 civil-rights lawsuit in exchange for prosecutors dropping five of six charges filed against him. He pleaded no contest to disturbing the peace.

The city will pay his legal and medical bills - but Gale still has to pay a fine. "I was wrongfully arrested, beat up, Tasered, and now a $500 fine," he said.

Police used a Taser on Gale in front of his children in February after employees accused him of trying to eat at the salad bar without paying.

The investigation concluded that Gale did pay for the salad, and the city apologized for what happened, blaming the restaurant for the confusion.

Dick Huston, executive vice president of CEC Entertainment Inc., of Irving, Texas, the corporate owner of Chuck E. Cheese, said Gale used the wrong type of plate to fill up at the salad bar and refused to provide a receipt that showed he had paid.

Gale had been facing a year in jail and $1,000 in fines before the deal.