Courtroom Scuffle With Suicidal Suspect After Suicide Attempt With Pen
Police in a northern Vermont court room had their hands full Tuesday.
Stalking suspect Patrick Andrews tried to kill himself after stabbing himself with a pen, and it led to a scuffle with officers.
He has a history of mental health problems, including recent suicide attempts.
Andrews grabbed a pen and tried to jam it into his wrist-- triggering a wild melee.
As the security officers
More..led Andrews from the courtroom after the initial incident, he slammed his head off a railing and the holding cell Plexiglas.
Before he went to jail, court officials say Andrews was transported to Fletcher-Allen Health Care where he needed several stitches from head butting the Plexiglas.
Andrews reportedly had no injuries on his wrist from the pen but he did manage to use it to cut the hand of a sheriff's deputy several times.
Andrews became the focus of a police investigation after he spotted an armed robbery going down at Gracey's Store in South Burlington, ran in and scared off the gun-toting bandit.
But it turns out the store clerk was a woman Andrews is accused of stalking for months.
Police suspect his presence near the store at the time of the robbery was no coincidence.
Based on what we know of his effort to recruit another individual to stage this armed robbery police said.
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Added: Nov 4 2009 In: news_politics
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I guess the pen ISNT mightier than the sword.
Posted Nov-4-2009 by "tipsypyro" (R)
just let him do it... save all us tax payers some money
Posted Nov-4-2009 by "rightbehindyou" (R)
That what happens when there is no "PEN" control in the country.
Posted Nov-4-2009 by "umzimkulu" (R)
they should have handed him a handfull of pens
Posted Nov-4-2009 by "HotRoadToHell" (R)
(ONN) From the Onion News "Blotter":
In a magnificent oversight, the department of corrections sent Andrews to the State Pen, where he was able to finish killing himself.
His accomplice at the State Pen was a Holy Roller.
The warden was very Cross upon hearing the news, saying they should have placed him in a padded Gel cell.
Posted Nov-4-2009 by "cougar58" (R)
In a magnificent oversight, the department of corrections sent Andrews to the State Pen, where he was able to finish killing himself.
His accomplice at the State Pen was a Holy Roller.
The warden was very Cross upon hearing the news, saying they should have placed him in a padded Gel cell.
'course, as the Holy Roller attempted an escape, the prison guards capped him.
Posted Nov-4-2009 by "cougar58" (R)
Wonder what Danny Devito was doing there?
Posted Nov-4-2009 by "Chainsaw" (R)
He attempted to kill him self with a pen???? by stabbing his hand?
Posted Nov-4-2009 by "Vekurus" (R)
I bet when he got back to his cell he got the beating of his life..very sad indeed
Posted Nov-4-2009 by "chickadee2" (R)
That's one big hippy!
Posted Nov-4-2009 by "ghastlyghost" Premium
That was mental!
Posted Nov-4-2009 by "ddhh1" (R)
Obviously filling time between snaffling the skinny guards doughnuts.
Posted Nov-4-2009 by "fr33thinker" (R)
good 1
Posted Nov-4-2009 by "da17th-letta" (R)
OK, Stop hurting me so I can hurt myself!
Posted Nov-4-2009 by "dsb93" (R)
No winners in such a case.
Posted Nov-4-2009 by "Tukker" (R)