Posted on 02/06/2003 6:28:44 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost
I wouldn't doubt at all that this freak was pilfering from the Statey's evidence locker.
I say we give Russell Crow the lead.
The truth is people take recreational drugs for one and only one reason: for the pleasure of it. No one ever takes drugs to self-medicate although that is an excuse often given because it absolves the user of responsibility. Recreational drugs do damage to brain chemistry, often resulting in depression, paranoia, and worse. This story is a real-world example of worse.
I see a whole new ad campaign for the town of Stoughton and the Mass. Office of Travel and Tourism in the near future... ;)
She said her husband, a 16-year trooper and former department spokesman, had grown depressed over the past three years and was on anti-depressants.
Three years of depression. Taking medication.
White, who last year was assigned to the department's narcotics inspections unit,
Been on the narcotics unit for only a year, however had been depressed for three years.
Tim White told doctors that his wife had been using cocaine for more than a year and that he had been snorting the drug for several months.
Had only started using cocain while he was on narcotics unit, and for a few months. But wife had been doing it for longer. Wife probably suggested cocain to him for his depression. Who knows.
So, any person that can read and comprehend would come to the conclusion that cocain didn't cause the depression and most likely he used it as self-medication. It no-doubtedly worsened things, but cocain was not the original cause according to the story.
He was stuck in the chicken.
Yes, yes, yes, but, cocaine and the sense of doing the "illegal" things, was perhaps a contributor to the group sex venture? The deterioration goes down hill in a hurry when you are under the influence of drugs and sex/jealousy ?
Odd that the psycho cop went for an MFM vice an MFF. Must have other "issues" as well.
Who knows, anyone could make any guess. We don't know enough about their lives to make any valid assessment.
The original point was that this guy had problems in the first place, and shouldn't have even been a cop because of the depression and medication. Someone else brought up an argument that the cocain was the cause of all this. It seems both the cop and his wife were leading lives that were a little odd.
As if on cue . . .
From the Patriot Ledger:
STOUGHTON - A state trooper was high on cocaine and marijuana when he shoved a loaded revolver into his wife's mouth during a heated argument Monday night, a prosecutor said Friday.
Sgt. Timothy White, 39, alleged threatened to kill his wife and himself before finally surrendering to Stoughton police following a 90-minute standoff.
"This is a case of a man's danger to his wife, children and the community," said Norfolk County Assistant District Attorney Maria Judge. Judge said White tested positive for cocaine and marijuana after being taken to Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center following his arrest.
Judge Francis Crimmins later ordered White to continue being held without bail and sent to Bridgewater State Hospital for 30 days for a mental-health evaluation. White's attorney, Timothy Burke, had urged the judge to allow his client to be treated at a private psychiatric facility.
The judge said he couldn't ignore a frantic 911 call that White's wife, Maura, made to Stoughton police. The audio tape was played in court for Friday's hearing to determine if bail should be set for the trooper.
"He stuffed a gun in my mouth," Maura White, 41, is heard telling a Stoughton police dispatcher as she wept uncontrollably. "This is the last straw. It's not my fault. Get than gun out of here."
The prosecutor said White, a former public affairs officer assigned to the narcotics unit in Framingham, broke one of his wife's ribs in an incident last July. She said Stoughton Police sought a clerk's hearing to consider possible charges against the trooper for a fight with his wife in December.
White, a trooper since 1987, is charged with assault with intent to murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, intimidating a witness and two counts of assault and battery.
"This is a case that cries out for intervention," said Burke, White's attorney. "He needs help." Burke said he would appeal Judge Crimmins' ruling to Norfolk Superior Court.
Several State Police colleagues and a close friend of White's testified that he was well respected in law enforcement circles. "He has an excellent reputation," said Brockton attorney Ronald Mone, a childhood friend of the trooper's. "I have never known Tim to have a propensity for violence. I know him to be mild- mannered and gentle."
Mone and others said they would take responsibility for him if he were released on bail.
State Police Lt. Michael Kelly described White as an excellent trooper, and always dependable.
State Police Sgt. Edward Lee, who is assigned to the department's employee's assistance unit, testified that he was called to White's home the night of the incident and talked to him on the telephone while Stoughton police remained outside. "He was depressed," said Lee. "He thought this would cause him to lose his children and his job."
Stoughton Police Sgt. Robert Bohn said he believed White was armed with his .38-caliber service revolver.
White's wife, and daughters, 4 and 6, were at a neighbor's while police talked to White about surrendering. Bohn said White volunteered to unload his gun and leave it on a table before walking outside.
"He was totally depressed," said Bohn. "He was concerned about his girls. He said, 'My wife,' and shook his head."
The prosecutor said White was taking medication for depression, but had apparently stopped.
Stoughton Police Detective Sgt. Robert Welch testified that Maura White told him that the couple had argued over the weekend and she had taken their two children to spend the night at a Dedham motel. She returned to their home at about 8:30 p.m. Monday.
Welch said Maura White told him that her husband first took out gun and pointed it at himself, and then said he would kill her instead. White ripped out the batteries of a phone when Maura tried to make a call, according to his wife.
During cross examination, Welch said Maura White told him that her husband was a good father and she didn't believe that he would harm their children.
White is on paid administrative leave. A State Police hearing on his status is scheduled for Monday.
No kiddin'. "I'm gonna shewt yo fat ass off, beyotch!"
There is some truth to this but it is also true that Police work has and can take it's toll on people. It is a high stress thankless job. When officers start to go into crisis, most Police Departments treat them as used dishrags rather than get them Critical Incident Stress Counselling. This stress can manifest itself in many different ways.
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