Elderly deaf man tackled by sheriff's deputy charged with resisting arrest

Elderly deaf man tackled by sheriff's deputy charged with resisting arrest

In January, a sheriff's deputy was so rough with Tom Garro -- a 79-year-old deaf Lyft driver -- that Garro had to go to the hospital.

Elderly deaf man tackled by sheriff’s deputy charged with resisting arrest

First, Tom Garro was beaten. Then he was handcuffed so tightly that his wrists bled. Now, the deaf senior citizen has been officially charged with a crime stemming from his violent arrest at the hands of a Pinal County Sheriff’s deputy in January. On May 25, a month after a Phoenix New Times report on the encounter, the Pinal County Attorney’s Office filed charges in Pinal County Pioneer Justice Court against Thomas Garro, the 79-year-old deaf L…