Mother of son Tased by cops arrested at same Walmart on similar charges

She made national headlines last year, alleging police brutality after officers used a Taser on her handcuffed son, 14, who fled police and fell; the image of his bloodied face going viral.

Marissa Sargeant is back in the news again, this time for allegedly shoplifting from the same Bucks County Walmart at which her son was arrested for shoplifting and subsequently injured.

Sargeant , 32, of Levittown, and a relative allegedly took $100 worth of unnamed items from the store in Tullytown on Thursday and were arrested after a Walmart employee called police. Sargeant remained in Bucks County prison Friday, unable to post bail and facing felony theft charges because she has three prior shoplifting convictions, court records stated.

Sargeant's son, Joey Williams, was arrested outside the same Walmart last fall. Sargeant said the police used too much force on her son. A photo of his injured face, which included a broken nose, spawned headlines across the country.

The Bucks County District Attorney, David Heckler, later cleared police of any wrongdoing. He said in December that the officers were justified in using the Taser to prevent the boy from running handcuffed into heavy traffic and to protect the officers' safety on a busy road. He added that the boy's facial injuries were consistent with someone who suffered a Taser barb to the cheek and then "face planted" after the fall.

But Fortunato Perri, an attorney hired by the boy's family, said Friday that he still anticipates filing a civil suit against the borough's police department, alleging excessive force. He declined to comment further.

Daniel Doyle, Tullytown's police chief, declined to comment on the matter.