Deputy facing criminal charges in Taser fire case takes the stand

The defense called witnesses Thursday in the trial of an Osceola County deputy accused of using a Taser at a gas station and setting a man on fire. Deputy David Crawford was charged with culpable negligence in the incident, which occurred in 2022 at a Wawa on Central Florida Parkway. Crawford and other deputies had followed 26-year-old Jean Baretto-Baerga through Osceola County to the Wawa because he was allegedly driving his motorcycle recklessly.