Man tries to cut off arm inside restaurant

[mercurial]

A 33-year-old man who tried cutting off his arm inside a busy Denny's restaurant because he believed it would save his life was arrested Friday night, according to Modesto police.

According to Sgt. Brian Findlen, Michael Lasiter, 33, of Modesto had been injecting cocaine in a nearby motel when he thought he had injected air into his veins, which can lead to death.

Findlen said the man believed that if he cut off his arm, he could save himself from dying.

Lasiter entered the restaurant at 1525 McHenry Ave. about 10:15 p.m. and grabbed a butter knife off a customer's table and began stabbing himself in the right arm near the biceps. When that didn't work, he ran into the kitchen and got a butcher knife and started "digging the knife into his arm," Findlen said.

Police arrived almost immediately and isolated the man. A few minutes later, they used a taser to subdue him.

"He wouldn't obey a substantial number of commands and continued to stab himself," Findlen said. "There were some tense moments, but a lot of patrons didn't know what was going on."

Lasiter was arrested and taken to a Modesto hospital to treat severe cuts to his arm.

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[Alan]

Dumbass junkie.

 

[slowcheetah]

Excuse me waiter, but there is an arm in my soup..

 

[kingmonty]

I think drugs is a good thing. It cleans the gene pool a bit.

 

[Kim_Webchick]

Excuse me waiter, but there is an arm in my soup..

This is really funny!!!!!!

 

[LazyLion]

so did anyone try to lend him a hand?

 

[Devill]

I think drugs is a good thing. It cleans the gene pool a bit.

x 2

they should have just taken him outside so he does not make a mess inside.....

 

[TheHiveMind]

lol Noone has died from air injection have they?

 

[Alan]

x 2

they should have just taken him outside so he does not make a mess inside.....

Agreed

 

[Toxin]

lol Noone has died from air injection have they?

Actually from what I understand everyone dies from air injections. Air bubbles in the blood are a big no-no.

 

[.Froot.]

Your heart cannot pump air. Period. It's like a fish trying to breath without water. Just immediately lethal.

 

[porn$tar]

I would have offered him my steak knife.

 

[SlyFly]

Yea air in the veins is a big movie killer... But how can a small bit of air just make you die? I mean there surely is air in your body?

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

Yea air in the veins is a big movie killer... But how can a small bit of air just make you die? I mean there surely is air in your body?

it's not just a movie thing ..... it's medical fact

 

[TheHiveMind]

Your heart cannot pump air. Period. It's like a fish trying to breath without water. Just immediately lethal.

It CAN happen, but its extremely rare.

You have a much better chance of bleeding to death without your arm.

 

[SlyFly]

it's not just a movie thing ..... it's medical fact

Yea I know but I think they over-exagerate how effective it is in movies? Or is it really that simple... Can someone explain how a drop of air can kill you?

 

[mercurial]

Clearly you haven't watched House

 

[ld13]

it's not just a movie thing ..... it's medical fact

+1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_embolism

Depending on how much and what vein...

 

[rph72]

Yea I know but I think they over-exagerate how effective it is in movies? Or is it really that simple... Can someone explain how a drop of air can kill you?

Feel like trying and reporting back to us?

 

[SlyFly]

I'll try... But I dont know about the reporting back part