HUNTINGTON – A nail technician has sued Cabell County officials after she was shot with a TASER by a sheriff’s deputy in her salon.
Tuyet N. Van filed her federal lawsuit March 24 against Deputy Destiny Nicole Ferguson, the Cabell County Sheriff’s Office, former Sheriff Chuck Zerkle, current Sheriff Doug Adams, the Cabell County Commission and 10 unnamed Cabell sheriff’s department defendants.The incident occurred April 5, 2024. Van struck her head on a nail salon chair, was knocked unconscious, required five staples in her head and was left with a traumatic brain injury.
According to the complaint, Ferguson did not offer immediate aid to Van, but began to place her in handcuffs while saying, “You need to hand me your hands or I’m gonna have to shock you again.”
Much of the interaction between Ferguson and Van was captured on a bystander’s cellular telephone video camera…