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LaGuardia "Bomb" Suspect To Enter Mental Hospital

2009_08_mcgann.jpg Scott McGann, the 32-year-old who caused a lot of chaos at Laguardia Airport a few weeks ago, was found mentally unfit to be arraigned and was instead "remanded into the custody of the New York State of Mental Health's office, where he will be held for a period of one year or until he regains competency," according to Newsday. On August 1, a United ticket agent alert Port Authority officers to McGann, who seemed out of it and inebriated; the officers were suspicious of the wires coming from his bag and detonator-like device, so they tackled him and the airport's terminal was shut down. It was later revealed his bag had papers that suggested McGann was building a time machine (there were "drawings of a bald man's head, with the words 'Age at 17' above him and the phrases 'John Doe' and 'Lifespan 35 years' below him," as well as "a downward arrow pointing at the word 'Time,' several other arrows pointing at the words 'Dimension 1,' 'Dimension 2,' and 'Dimension 3'"). McGann allegedly suffers from catatonic schizophrenia; Queens DA Richard Brown said, "The defendant is clearly a very troubled young man. Under the circumstances, the court's decision is the right one for all concerned."

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  • aliostuni

    Or he is who he says he is, and we're so busy myopically labelling things as mental illness that we can't imagine the other 7 dimensions in the 11th dimensional universe we inhabit.

  • Guest

    This guy has it rough. My heart goes out to him and his family.

  • Clarice City

    Is it wrong to think he's kinda hot? Or to have fantasies of being airport security?

  • NannyState

    Just tell him you're "Jane Doe at age 17" and then make sure he swallows his pill this time.

  • DaleyGrind

    Sad story. I can't imagine the nightmare he must be living. I hope that he is actually helped and that he doesn't just get lost in the system now.

  • silver

    can someone forward me his contact info at wellsindustries@hotmail.com ? I have a business proposal for him.

  • Outter Burrougher

    hope he gets help; good luck

  • ckl

    White people think they can just do any damn thing they like and then, when they get in trouble, claim it was insanity or a prank for youtube (the latter usually being the case).

    They should put this guy to death.

  • Guest

    you idiot

  • ANGRYGOD11

    McGruder? Is that you?

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