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Associated Press - August 7, 2009 2:54 PM ET
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MONITOR TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Bay County police say a man was Tasered and faces felony charges after he resisted arrest and threatened to break a baby's neck.
Authorities say 26-year-old Jose Garcia of Edcouch, Texas, was holding his 5-month-old niece and sitting in a vehicle when they responded to a retail fraud complaint Wednesday night in Monitor Township.
Police say Garcia, who is wanted in Texas and Michigan, used the child as a shield after officers discovered his real identity.
Police tell The Bay City Times Garcia said, "I will kill this baby, I will break its neck."
The infant was not harmed.
Garcia is charged with unlawful imprisonment, retail theft, resisting and obstructing police and second-degree child abuse.
Jail officials did not immediately know if Garcia had a lawyer.
Information from: The Bay City Times, http://www.mlive.com/bay-city
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