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Henry Frederick is editor, publisher and CEO of NSBNews.net, (aka VolusiaNews.net) a 24/7 exclusively-online newspaper in New Smyrna Beach launched April 7, 2008. He is an award-winning breaking news and investigative journalist who has covered police and courts in Florida, New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut dating back to 1986. He has covered many of the high profile cases in the Daytona Beach and DeLand courtrooms in Volusia County, including the numerous appellate hearings for serial killer Aileen Wuornos, and ultimately, her execution. He graduated from Central Connecicut State University in New Britain in 1984, with a B.A. in political science/public admin. and a minor in writing. He was the recipient of the "President's Citation" for his academic honors and service to the university.
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Intoxicated man tries to hang himself in police holding cell; transported to Halifax for psychiatric evaluation
Posted Sat, 2010-03-06 07:24
NSB COPS
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A man charged with being disorderly after being picked up on Flagler Avenue overnight was transported to Halifax Medical Center for a psychiatric evaluation after trying to hang himself in a holding cell, police said.
Officer Brandon Mechtel responded to a 7:15 p.m. Friday call of a disorderly person destroying someone else's property in the 400 block of Flagler Avenue. Mechtel wrote in his initial report the man was "found to be intoxicated and unintentionally damaging the property of another."
Mechtel said that while the man was in custody and he was writing up the police report, the man "attempted to commit suicide." The man was taken to Bert Fish Medical Center to make sure he was not injured and then transported to Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach under a Baker Act order for psychiatric evaluation.
New Smyrna Beach police spokesman Sgt. Michael Brouillette said the man tried to hang himself with his T-shirt. Editor's
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Someone Who Knows
Accredited agencies have policies in place to address safety in holding cells. Another reason why NSB can't get accredited.
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