Posted by Greg on June 9, 2000, at 12:55:24
In reply to Re: Follow up: Prozac Defense, but not in defense of, posted by Cindy W on June 9, 2000, at 9:26:24
> > 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
> Kazoo, I agree...sounds like a pretty lame excuse.--Cindy WI'd be willing to bet that it was the alcohol that turned his "right mind" into a "wrong" one. But what else would you expect a recovering alcoholic like myself to say?
Hi Cindy, how's your day?
Greg
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