Re: More bad news

["Nathan Pell" <npell@rsoinc.com>]

I would agree that calling radiation a "deadly weapon" is a bit harsh/un
realistic, but the law may not have any other means as to charge someone. I
wonder if it could be called poisoning or something. I don't know, just a
thought.

Nathan A. Pell
RSO, Inc
-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Hypes <phypes@lanl.gov>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Date: Friday, August 20, 1999 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: More bad news


>A deadly weapon!?  Are we going to have to register bannanas?  Will it be
>unlawful to carry concealed brazil nuts?  Has someone gone nuts?
>
>At 10:21 AM 8/20/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>Man charged with radioactive assault
>>SANTA ANA, Calif. - A former university lab technician who authorities
said
>>sought revenge on a coworker by smearing her chair with radioactive
>material was
>>arrested Thursday on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Andrew
Andris
>>Blakis, 32, told police he thought the researcher who shared his work
station
>>had tried to poison him. In retaliation, Blakis smeared the compound on
the
>>chair of Jingtong Zuo. Zuo sat on the chair for about six hours before she
>>discovered the contamination during a routine Geiger counter sweep.
>>Investigators estimate Zuo was exposed to an average yearlong dose of
>radiation.
>>Although she is not experiencing any symptoms of radiation poisoning, the
>>long-term effects are unclear.
>>
>>
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