Posted by Cindy W on June 9, 2000, at 9:26:24
In reply to Follow up: Prozac Defense, but not in defense of, 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
Kazoo, I agree...sounds like a pretty lame excuse.--Cindy W
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