Waiter Foils Fiend From Administering Date Rape Drug

A story that should serve as a warning to older women, that the specter of date-rape drugs not only happens to their younger counterparts, but to women of all ages.


A sharp-eyed waiter turned hero after he saw a patron slip a pill into his date's drink back on Jan. 3rd at a Colorado Springs restaurant, Ruby Tuesday's.

The waiter called the cops after he removed the drink from the table. The authorities arrested Robert Lawrence Psaty, 56, after tests revealed the pill contained Diazepam.

Diazepam is in a class of drugs called benzodiazepines which are used to treat anxiety disorders, muscle spasms and certain types of seizures.

According to the Denver Post, Psaty had met the woman at a dating service and the two were having dinner at the family restaurant, Ruby Tuesdays. It was at Ruby Tuesday's that a waiter saw Psaty slip some sort of pill into the woman's drink. The quick thinking waiter managed to take the drink and call the authorities who then had it tested. When the tests came back positive for diazepam, Psaty was arrested.

The 56-year-old Psaty is employed as a mental health technician at the Colorado Mental Health Institute in Pueblo. Psaty worked the forensic unit which treats patients committed after being found 'not guilty' of a crime/crimes due to insanity.

A former city councilman, Psaty was charged in '93 with harassing a nurse at his former place of employment, the Centennial Correctional Facility. Psaty pled guilty and received a deferred sentence.

The preferred drug of choice of date rapers and others who slip substances into an unsuspecting victim's drink is Rohypnol. A very potent tranquilizer - sleeping pill similar to diazepam but whose effects are much stronger.

Within 10 minutes of ingesting the drug the victim may begin to feel dizzy and disoriented. Mixed with alcohol the effect is maximized, they'll begin to have difficulty speaking, feel hot or cold, nauseated, suffer a loss of inhibitions and then eventually pass out. The drug also has an amnesiac-type of effect, rendering the victim unable to recollect what had happened to them. Mixed with too much alcohol the combination can lead to respiratory distress and death.

The perfect drug for sexual assault or rape.

Younger women, especially those in college, have been warned of the dangers of date-rape drugs. The label, "date-rape" drug is misleading. Victims have been drugged by total strangers in bars and clubs.

The man recently arrested in Colorado Springs, Robert Lawrence Psaty, was a 56-year-old male, no word on the age of his alleged victim. This is should serve as a warning to women of all ages that the usage of date-rape drugs is not limited to younger offenders.

Kudos to the sharp-eyed waiter who took action.

By LBG

Source - K-State
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New Life Church: Gunman Killed in a Non-Gun Free Zone

The drama of spiritual renewal was secondary Sunday in Colorado Springs, CO. For member of New Life Church, the drama was of a more earthly type.

A gunman killed two staff members at a missionary training center early Sunday after being told he couldn’t spend the night, and about 12 hours later four people were shot outside a megachurch in Colorado Springs.

Colorado Springs police Lt. Fletcher Howard said a suspect had been detained in the shootings outside the New Life Church. Authorities in Arvada, a Denver suburb about 65 miles north, said no one had been captured in the shootings there.

It was not immediately known whether the shootings were related, but Arvada authorities said they were sharing information with Colorado Springs investigators. The mission training program has a small office at the church’s World Prayer Center on the New Life campus.

Howard declined to say whether the Colorado Springs suspect had been shot. Police sealed off the church, but it was not clear whether any parishioners were still inside.

Should one now have to keep a Smith & Wesson handy while thumbing the hymnal?

The church’s 11 a.m. service had recently ended, and hundreds of people were milling about when the gunman opened fire. Nearby were parents picking up their children from the nursery.

Police arrived to find the gunman had been killed by a member of the church’s armed security staff, Myers said.

“There was a courageous staff member who probably saved many lives here today,” Myers said.

As Michelle Malkin sums up, "Amid the horror, a glimmer of good news: The culture of self-defense may have saved untold lives."

Megachurches are fortunate that among their benefits are an armed security staff. Is this a new feature that the faithful can count on?

At least New Life Church wasn't a Gun Free Zone.

As we posted on Friday, (Gun Free Zones: Recent School Shootings )the only people who are protected in Gun Free Zones are the shooters.

The church members can get on their knees and give thanks that their church wasn't a Gun Free Zone.

One suspects the death toll would have been many times higher.

by Mondoreb
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Sources:
Two Killed at Missionary Center; Four Later Shot at Church
Gunman killed by Armed Female Security Guard



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