Posted by kazoo on June 9, 2000, at 0:49:22
Man who committed crimes under Prozac, Xanax describes drugs effect
(Milford-AP, June 8, 2000) _ A Wallingford man who was acquitted of robbery charges
while under an overdose of Prozac and other drugs told a Superior Court judge he
was not in his right mind when he went on a crime spree.Christopher DeAngelo, 30, Wednesday asked Judge Richard Arnold to let him
continue psychiatric treatment on an outpatient basis, instead of being committed
to the state's psychiatric hospital in Middletown.Doctors at the Whiting Forensic Institute think DeAngelo should remain in the
hospital."The best predictor of a person's future is their past. Mr. DeAngelo displays
extremely violent behavior when he is manic," said Dr. Paul Amble, a forensic
psychiatrist at Whiting.DeAngelo was found not guilty by reason of insanity in February to charges he
robbed a Derby bank in November 1997. He also is charged with robbing other
businesses in the Wallingford area.Defense psychiatrists said DeAngelo had a bad reaction to a combination of
alcohol and prescription drugs, including Prozac to control his
obsessive-compulsive disorder and Xanax to ease anxiety.On the stand Wednesday, DeAngelo described how the drug mixture made him
feel no pain and made him "more reckless and careless" than he had been.Prosecutors claim DeAngelo was having money problems and that alcohol abuse
played a large role in the episode.Assistant State's Attorney Kevin Doyle asked DeAngelo why he told police after
the bank robbery that he did it because he was in a financial bind.
"I could have said I shot J.F.K. that day," DeAngelo responded.eof()
source: http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?s=85237
He had to rob the bank in order to PAY for his Prozac prescriptions! :-)
I remain...
a jaundiced ...
kazoo
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