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How behavioral health crises strain Alaska’s emergency rooms SPONSORED: Emergency medical personnel say that they can, will and do help patients in crisis - but that a new approach would benefit everyone involved. Author: Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Published March 8
Part 3 of 6 A broken arm. A heart attack. A manic episode. Thoughts of suicide. All of these are emergencies, and any one of them might land you in the nearest emergency room. But the clinicians who work in those emergency rooms say the same high-energy, high-intensity environment that is life-saving for medical emergencies can also be high-risk for patients who are experiencing a behavioral health crisis.
“We want to start getting the gears turning here in the criminal justice process for everybody,” Superior Court Judge Terrence P. Haas said. “From our perspective, it’s absolutely a concern
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Officers with a U.S. Marshals Violent Offender Task Force and the Fairbanks Area Narcotics Team arrested 24-year-old Brandon Laszloffy Tuesday in North Pole for several outstanding state warrants stemming from an attempted robbery of an alleged heroin dealer. Laszloffy was taken to Fairbanks Correctional Center and charged with weapons misconduct and attempted assault charges for his role in the robbery that occurred more than two months ago, according to Randy Coyne, a supervisory deputy U.S. Marshal.
“The incident occurred December the 9th, in the early morning hours,” Coyne said.
That’s when Laszloffy and two passengers drove to the Birch Hill Cemetery to meet another man under the guise of buying some heroin. But investigators say Laszloffy and one of his two passengers, 23-year-old Gabrielle Titus, of Fairbanks, actually intended to rob the man, identified as 52-year-old Gabrielle Titus, of Fairbanks.
Troopers immediately responded to the location, spotted the vehicle, and attempted to pull it over.
Instead of pulling over, the driver, later identified as 33-year-old Lawrence Purdue of Fairbanks, elected to speed off and take troopers on a 15-mile chase. During the chase, Purdue intentionally drove head-on at oncoming traffic and drove in the wrong direction on a controlled access road.
A trooper finally initiated a successful PIT maneuver on the fleeing vehicle, but then, Purdue intentionally rammed into two patrol vehicles. The crash disabled Purdue’s ride and he was taken into custody.
Two officers were medically evaluated by EMS at the scene and were ultimately cleared. As a precaution, a third officer was transported to the Fairbanks Memorial Hospital but was also released.