Posted on 09/25/2011 3:31:54 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A NEW York man suffering from a condition called priapism - which causes painful erections that can last for hours - was busted for allegedly trying to steal money from his father to buy painkillers he hoped would grant him relief.
David Miller, 30, was so hard up for drugs that he allegedly broke into dad Tommy's place on Manhattan's Upper East Side last month, pulled a knife and snarled, "I want you out, and I want money," the New York Post reported yesterday.
His father stood firm, however, calling the police and having him arrested on charges of burglary and attempted robbery, according to court documents.
The elder Mr Miller said his son became addicted to painkillers because of his excruciating erections.
"My son has a very rare disease, he has a priapism, which means he gets an erection that lasts five or six hours, and it's very painful," Tommy Miller, 57, said.
"They gave him oxycodone. That's his problem. He's addicted to drugs now."
Mr Miller's father said his son has suffered for years.
"He's been sick since he was a little boy. He has an enzyme deficiency," he said. "I had him arrested. I bailed him out."
The younger Mr Miller is waiting to be sprung from jail on Rikers Island. Bail was posted at $25,000 bond or $5,000 cash and he was still being held as of yesterday.
Priapism Problems.
Sending the son to jail with such a condition, probably wasn’t well thought out.
So the guy with priapism walks into the pharmacy and asks the pharmacist, “What can you give me for priapism?” She thinks for a minute and replies, “$50,000 and part-interest in a pharmacy, but that’s my final offer!”
Thanks, folks, I’ll be here until Wednesday. Don’t forget to tip your waitresses.
I think I had that when I was 17.
Seems like the problem may be hereditary. Just saying...
Now, THIS is a stick-up!”
That headline is so many different kinds of goofy I can’t handle reading the actual article.
Ya know, as diseases go, this doesn’t sound like a bad one to have.
Just say’n.
The Salisbury steak was terrible!
Well, the second line does say that the poor guy was “hard up” for drugs...........
He ought to serve “Hard Time”.
get it? “HARD TIME in a penal colony.
The jokes write themselves.
D’OH!
Stealing from your own father. I hope the judge gives him a stiff sentence.
This is just another cock and bull story.
SNORT...giggle....
He can plead for mercy of the court...he truly has had a hard life.
Silly boy. He could have found a wealthy cougar and both lived happily ever after...
A candidate for new Enzyte commercials - instead of just smiling, the women can be in disarray and exhausted. “Tired but happy” will be the catch prhase.
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