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Southampton Town Police Officer Bitten By Man Resisting Arrest

Publication: The Southampton Press
By Erin McKinley   Feb 19, 2012 10:39 AM
Feb 22, 2012 10:58 AM
Tracy Mitchell and Julian Wright were subdued using an Electronic Control Device over the weekend after a physical altercation with a police officer. COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON TOWN POLICE
Tracy Mitchell and Julian Wright were subdued using an Electronic Control Device over the weekend after a physical altercation with a police officer. COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON TOWN POLICE
A Southampton Town Police officer was injured Saturday morning after he was bitten on the hand by one of two men police were trying to arrest for smoking marijuana laced with embalming fluid in a Riverside parking lot.

At approximately 10:55 a.m. on February 18, Town Police said they received a call regarding two men arguing in the parking lot of the Budget Host Motel on Lake Avenue in Riverside. When officers arrived on the scene, they said they found Julian Wright, 38, of Riverhead and Tracy T. Mitchell, 37, of Flanders fighting.

When police approached the men, they began fighting 
with the officers and Mr. 
Wright bit Officer Kristian Lorusso on the hand, according to police.

Officer Lorusso was taken to Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead, where he was treated for... more

"Laced with embalming fluid" ? What were they thinking?
By goldenrod (377), southampton on Feb 19, 12 6:50 PM
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By Bill in Riverhead (113), Riverhead on Feb 20, 12 7:42 AM
They must have thought thy were DEAD,,,I can think of any other reason,
By Etians rd (86), Southampton on Feb 19, 12 7:35 PM
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By allenfein (35), Southampton on Feb 20, 12 1:04 AM
Om nom nom
By C Law (210), Water Mill on Feb 20, 12 4:47 AM
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By SharonY (3), East Hampton on Feb 20, 12 8:01 AM
Isn't the state police barracks across the street from that crack house!?
By Lets go mets (26), Southampton on Feb 20, 12 9:34 AM
That's not a crack house it's a motel. The Barracks is on another road across the way. You don't want to be around there at night.
By TianaBob (141), S.Jamesport on Feb 27, 12 11:04 PM
can't make this stuff up.
By lazymedic (26), southampton on Feb 20, 12 10:11 AM
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By Bill in Riverhead (113), Riverhead on Feb 20, 12 10:16 AM
Now, for the scientific version:

"Embalming fluid", is slang for PCP, or "angeldust". PCP dissolves in alcohol, and technically embalming fluid is in part methyl alcohol, but ether is far more effective, albeit explosive as a lacing agent. However, if you actually use formaldehyde, you're an idiot.

Of course, if you use PCP, you're an idiot to begin with.
By Mr. Z (3080), North Sea on Feb 20, 12 6:33 PM
Thank you PO Kristian Lorusso for protecting our citizens from the Bowels of Society! He didn't just show up for work, he did his work!
By hamptonfoody (8), southampton on Feb 22, 12 8:59 AM
Worthless comments as usual, except for the one person who commended the police officer who was injured. Yeah, it's part of his job and he gets paid for it, but that doesn't mean he doesn't deserve a pat on the back for being bitten by an animal. But as usual, people would rather talk about the less relevant aspects of the story.... Get a life...
By getalife (24), Southampton on Feb 27, 12 2:53 PM
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hamptonfoody is probably his partner ... but back on the point that the barracks is across the street? I thought by them moving to the heart of the problem (riverside) we would see crime go down. Why does it seem to not have changed with or without the barracks there.
By SHTownHB (20), Hampton Bays on Feb 29, 12 5:35 PM
SHTownHB

To answer your question. They stay inside thier box.
By Bridgehampton (30), Bridgehampton on Mar 1, 12 12:16 PM

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