Archive for Police – Page 2

Doctor says Tanger was suffering from side effects of his medication — (Weymouth Online)
SSRI Ed note: Police Captain shoplifts after mixing depression and pain meds. Shop owner testifies that Tanger "would not do something like that."
Mum was stabbed 96 times — (The Evening Gazette)
SSRI Ed note: Man starts treatment for depression in Sept, shortly after his wife decides to leave him, he murders her, stabbing her 96 times.
Good Cop, Sad Cop — (Seattle Weekly News)
SSRI Ed note: Anxious woman takes antidepressants, becomes manic, marriage ends, bipolar diagnosis costs her job despite competence and no problems.
Another tragical Effexor/Efexor (venlafaxine) Suicide/Homicide — (AntidepressantFacts.com)
SSRI Ed note: Happily married, content retired police lieutenant with no enemies and no domestic problems takes Effexor for anxiety, kills his wife and himself.
Deputy’s estranged wife testifies at hearing — (Jackson Sun)
SSRI Ed note: Deputy on Paxil shoots wife's friend, everyone says this was totally unlike him and that at the time he was "not himself". He cannot explain it either.
Richard Mack — (2006 FDA Hearings)
SSRI Ed note: Sheriff in small town testifies that through his career, the kids who committed suicide and violence were the ones on SSRIs.
Antidepressant found in body of cop who killed himself — (CHRON)
SSRI Ed note: Veteran police officer on Celexa dies by suicide.
Widow sues Prozac maker in suicide of SWAT leader — (The Daily Oakland Press)
SSRI Ed note: Happy, successful man, SWAT team leader, prescribed Prozac, gets akathisia, stops taking it, dies by suicide 4 days later.
Officer’s suicide prompts new Prozac lawsuit — (Indy Star)
SSRI Ed note: Upbeat, happy police officer takes Prozac and commits suicide. His widow spots the causal connection and sues Eli Lilly.
Family, police mourn death Valparaiso officers wear black bands on badges in memory of comrade who took his own life — (Post-Tribune)
SSRI Ed note: 20 Year Veteran of Valparaiso Police Force takes Effexor, commits suicide.
Pacheco trial delayed until March — (West Hawaii Today)
SSRI Ed note: Police detective on Zoloft brutally murders his wife; is sentenced to life in prison.
Cops had prior problems with former deputy charged in murder-for-hire plot — (King County Journal)
SSRI Ed note: Man on Prozac tries to hire hit man to kill his family
Tony Noll — (2006 FDA HEARINGS OF PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGIC DRUGS ADVISORY COMMITTEE)
SSRI Ed note: Happily married retired police officer kills his beloved wife and commits suicide on Effexor.
Waupaca Murder-Suicide — (FOX WLUK TV)
SSRI Ed note: Retired police lieutenant, 58, takes Effexor, kills self and wife.
COLEMAN TO FINISH SENTENCE FOR FRAUD – FORMER U.S. AGENT FLED KENTUCKY WHILE ON PROBATION — (Lexington Herald-Leader)
SSRI Ed note: Paranoid man on Prozac jumps bail
Police chief’s threats detailed — (Utica Observer-Dispatch)
SSRI Ed note: Police Chief on antidepressants becomes abusive, aggressive and threatening, and dies mysteriously.
Killer cop was treated by drug-addicted therapist — (Asbury Park Press)
SSRI Ed note: Policeman prescribed Luvox and other psychotropic meds goes on shooting spree, shoots and kills 5 neighbors, tries to kill chief, then kills himself.
DOCTOR TESTIFIES ON HURTH, PSYCHOLOGIST DESCRIBES ‘UNDOING’ TO EXPLAIN OFFICER’S ACTIONS — (The Fresno Bee)
Suspect depressed, lawyer says — (The Cincinnati Post)
‘Depressed’ police chief to retire — (BBC News)
WECHT SAYS CITY OFFICER SHOULD FACE HOMICIDE CHARGE — (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Divergent Views of Motive in Tarrytown Killings — (New York Times), No death penalty in killings of wife, daughter — (Associated Press)
Police officer sentenced to two years in prison in arson-for-profit ring. He apologizes for bringing stepson into fatal scheme — (The Baltimore Sun)
SUIT IN ’94 N.J. MALL KILLING — (Philadelphia Daily News)
Top Police Officer Shot by Colleagues — (Christian vs. Eli Lilly)
SSRI Ed note: Policeman prescribed Prozac after car accident has serious problems, MD triples the dose, becomes delusional, has manic episode, is killed by fellow officers.
RULING EXPECTED NEXT WEEK IN CASE OF TROOPER’S SUICIDE — (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
SSRI Ed note: Psychiatrist prescribes Prozac and Xanax to man without a proper assessment, he dies by suicide. Malpractice alleged.
Bank Robber, Once A Hero, Going To Prison — (The Biloxi Sun Herald)
SSRI Ed note: Decorated police officer takes prozac, steals, loses job, gets 4 years. He "can't believe" he stole.
Suicides by police on the rise — (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
SSRI Ed note: "Stable, loyal, hard-working" police officer with 30-yrs service takes Prozzac, shoots himself, 3 other suicides on same force in 3 mo. Out of character.
Boynton Officer Depressed, Lonely — (The Palm Beach Post)
SSRI Ed note: Friendly, competent police officer takes Prozac + Xanax for loneliness, relationship problem shoots himself in the head, is found by his mom.
Chief’s wife says anti-depressant led to problems — (Fort Pierce Tribune)
SSRI Ed note: Man takes Prozac, undergoes personality change, becomes callous, paranoid and uncaring, behaves badly to family.
ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW — (Newport News)
SSRI Ed note: Popular police officer takes Prozac for father's drnking, loses marriage, starts to drink himself, deteriorates rapidly to breakdown, changes, steals.
Man who killed wife dies of his own wound — (San Diego Union)
SSRI Ed note: Warm, friendly man on Prozac changes, becomes preoccupied and argumentative, has marriage troubles, kills his wife and himself in front of their daughter.
Former Police Officer Pleads Guilty To Robberies — (The Orlando Sentinel)
SSRI Ed note: Police Officer takes Prozac, cheats his workplace, loses job, robs two banks, claims he does not remember robberies.