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ANTIDEPRESSANTS? Mental Health Worker Arrested in Serial Stabbings

Ann Blake-Tracy013 mins

RAMLE, Israel – Israeli police said Friday the suspect instabbings in three states also was a suspect in a separate stabbing attack in Israel earlier this year, but charges were never pressed.

A senior police commander said Elias Abuelazam was believed to have stabbed a close acquaintance during an argument in a parked car in central Israel about six months ago. The commander said police dropped the case because the victim refused to cooperate with investigators.

The commander spoke on condition of anonymity because he was barred from speaking to the media under official policy.

Abuelazam is suspected of attacking people in Michigan, Ohio and Virginia, leaving five people dead and 13 wounded. He was arrested Wednesday in Atlanta as he prepared to board a flight to his native Israel.

The 33-year-old man appeared in an Atlanta courtroom on Friday, agreeing during a brief hearing to return to Michigan to face charges in one of the attacks an attempted murder in a July 27 knife strike in Flint, Mich., that put the victim in a hospital for a week. Authorities said more charges were expected in the three states.

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DEPRESSION MED: Man Accused of Plotting to Kill Deputies: Washington

Ann Blake-Tracy03 mins

Paragraph eight reads: “A woman who helped raise McConnachie told KIRO 7 that he has a drug problem and is on medication for depression.” http://www.kirotv.com/news/23142654/detail.html Officials: Man Accused Of Plotting To Kill Deputies Had Officer’s Stolen Gun Posted: 5:31 pm PDT April 13, 2010Updated: 2:45 pm PDT April 14, 2010 EVERETT, Wash. — A 19-year-old…

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DEPT. of DEFENSE: Link Between Vet Suicides & Medications

Ann Blake-Tracy041 mins

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ZOLOFT: NY Judge to Allow Zoloft Defense in Assault Case

Ann Blake-Tracy02 mins

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) A Long Island judge has said she will allow a man accused of punching and kicking his former girlfriend to use the so-called “Zoloft defense.”

The attorney for Coram resident Brandon Hampson says he plans to argue that his client became violent and beat Lisa Essling on Aug. 25, 2006, because he stopped taking the popular antidepressant Zoloft days before the attack.

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ANTIDEPRESSANTS: Police Stop Man From Committing Suicide: England

Ann Blake-Tracy02 mins

The attorney for Coram resident Brandon Hampson says he plans to argue that his client became violent and beat Lisa Essling on Aug. 25, 2006, because he stopped taking the popular antidepressant Zoloft days before the attack.

Nassau County District Court Judge Rhonda Fischer said Friday that she will allow a defense witness to testify that withdrawl from the antidepressant can cause a person to become aggressive.

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