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County wants to commit man in lecture-hall incident
Mark Stodghill Duluth News Tribune
Published Saturday, February 23, 2008
St. Louis County Public Health and Human Services is seeking to commit the 36-year-old Duluth man whose behavior in a University of Minnesota Duluth lecture hall Wednesday led students to call police.

The county alleges that Shawn Patrick Frederick is mentally ill and that serious imminent physical harm will occur to him or others unless he is in a treatment facility. A hearing on the petition is scheduled for Monday before St. Louis County Judicial Officer Gerald Maher.


Frederick entered the UMD lecture hall at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday and made some students nervous by moving from seat to seat and eventually sitting in an aisle, staring down the assistant professor teaching the class. When police took him into custody, Frederick was found to be in possession of a wooden stick and a leather whip. He was charged with disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor offense.

According to court records, Frederick had been formally released on Jan. 31 from an 18-month mental health commitment. Because of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, information regarding Frederick's mental health commitment is protected and unavailable to the public. It's unclear how much time he actually spent in a mental health facility.

Frederick was charged in 2006 with four counts of

second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon but was acquitted because of mental incompetency.

In that case, he was accused of sticking a 9 mm Ruger handgun against a man's forehead and of pointing it at two other men in the Kozy Bar in downtown Duluth. He also was accused of pointing the gun at another man outside the bar. The weapon was not loaded.

A psychologist examined Frederick and determined that the defendant did not know the nature of his acts and was mentally ill at the time of the offense. Frederick, through his attorney, admitted his mental illness, waived a six-month review and agreed to an 18-month commitment to a treatment facility.

On Feb. 9, Frederick was charged with being in possession of a small amount of marijuana. According to the police report in that case, a Duluth woman said that Frederick was at her door and trying to get in. When police responded, Frederick told them that Buddhists were out to get him. During a pat search, an officer found a small jar containing marijuana in Frederick's jacket pocket.

Frederick told them that Buddhists were out to get him.

Ahh. A refreshing new take on an age-old delusion.

I minored in Sado-Masochism in university so I'm really getting a kick out of these replies.

Actually I minored in religious studies.
Same thing though.

Yes, walking into a crowded college lecture hall carrying a wooden stick and a leather whip will get you arrested


Only if you don't have tenure.

Jesus? Is that you?

THE BUDDHISTS ARE COMING!

TFA: and made some students nervous by moving from seat to seat and eventually sitting in an aisle, staring down the assistant professor teaching the class.

Sounds normal to me. Bunch of sissies in that room.

From my experience, almost all of the grad students in computer science look just like that.

It's the Second Coming of Jesus! WWJD? Who the heck knows? I can think of a few colleges I'd like to take a whip to! Then again, who keeps marijuana in a jar in their back pocket? Wouldn't that be dangerous? You could sit on it and break it. The man must be nutters after all. At least he knows his theology, even if a lecture room isn't exactly the moneychangers' tables at the temple. The Buddhists really are out to get us. Smiley Joes. Peace and love!

It was the small jar containing marijuana in Frederick’s jacket pocket that made Frederick go insane.

Was that wrong? Should he have not done that?

/who going to find the Ark of the Covenent now?

YixilTesiphon: THE BUDDHISTS ARE COMING!

to be fair, zen Buddhist were famous for kicking asses.

those Buddhists and their creepy smiles ... this dude is a hero

Cue the libtards defending this guy.

Wait, so Gaius Baltar did all this?

endlessmike: Wait, so Gaius Baltar did all this?




-After what he's been through what did you expect!?

Gaius Baltar?

Living in Duluth would drive anyone mad....

I am getting a kick out of these replies on so many levels...

One evening years ago a friend and I were waiting bored at a bus stop for an out-of-town friend to arrive, so we started browsing the party shop by the bus stop. I found a miniature cat-o-nine-tails and said "I MUST HAVE THIS!"

We all went clubbing later that night, and for want of a better place to keep it, I used the thong to tie my hair back (Back then I did look like Rob Zombie)

I got more female attention (and less pepper spray!) with that simple fashion accessory than I have ever gotten at a club.

There must be some sort of spanking need out there.

Libtard here. I'm not defending him, but I do want to point out that my college physics prof came to class every other day carrying weirder and more dangerous shiat than that.

/ This guy taught an hour-long class 40 feet up in a bosun's chair that was suspended from the ceiling by a pulley rig of which he himself held the other end.

Buddhists? Really?

endlessmike: Wait, so Gaius Baltar did all this?

Oh, yes, the Buddhists WOULD be out to get him. I see it now.

MooseUpNorth: Libtard here. I'm not defending him, but I do want to point out that my college physics prof came to class every other day carrying weirder and more dangerous shiat than that.

/ This guy taught an hour-long class 40 feet up in a bosun's chair that was suspended from the ceiling by a pulley rig of which he himself held the other end.

Were there any lasers?
Deadly lasers?
Of doom?

Reminds me: I came in to a physics lab late after doing a bunch of field work for geology. The instructor asked why I was late, so I unsheathed my machete partly and said "No more questions please."

/glad some people have a sense of humor

yes F42, that will happen when students go straight to being professors
without having to spend any time in the real world

Arthur Two Sheds Jackson: Living in Duluth would drive anyone mad....

Ever been to Duluth? Other than the short summer, its really a nice place.

derek20cali: Cue the libtards defending this guy.

quick cue the conservaqueers to troll the libtards just for the hell of it.

Fearing Buddhist violence? I like the cut of this man's jib.

Did George Harrison master the Art of Dying?

What if I'm just auditing the course?

ah yes.. good old UMD. fitty dolla says this guy was living at the CHUM center.

/class of 04
//how I miss it.

ultraholland:

Reminds me: I came in to a physics lab late after doing a bunch of field work for geology. The instructor asked why I was late, so I unsheathed my machete partly and said "No more questions please."

I had a math professor who was in the habit of locking the door once class started, and ridiculing anyone who arrived late.

He tried that on me once (I actually worked at the college, and he had to know why I was late) so I took the battery-powered drill out of my bag and laid it against the metal door.

I wasn't actually cutting the door open, but it sure sounded like it. The door flew open almost immediately.

Thank you, Professor! (zrizz! zrizz!) and I took my seat. There were no further comments.

I blame marijuana.

/because i'm high

It was all a misunderstanding. He was there to teach them how to defend themselves against a pointed stick.

Wow, Jesus looks pissed.

F42 2008-02-23 05:59:27 PM
MooseUpNorth: Libtard here. I'm not defending him, but I do want to point out that my college physics prof came to class every other day carrying weirder and more dangerous shiat than that.

/ This guy taught an hour-long class 40 feet up in a bosun's chair that was suspended from the ceiling by a pulley rig of which he himself held the other end.

Were there any lasers?
Deadly lasers?
Of doom?

LOL

I'd hope that he didn't need people to defend him, he's mentally ill, FTA: "Frederick, through his attorney, admitted his mental illness, waived a six-month review and agreed to an 18-month commitment to a treatment facility."

This isn't "I'm not responsible for stealing all that money because I had a bad childhood," this is "Your honor, I'm sorry for assaulting people again, but the aliens were controlling them and they were wearing green."

A wooden stick eh? I was getting tired of those plastic sticks, too.

"Frederick entered the UMD lecture hall at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday and made some students nervous by moving from seat to seat and eventually sitting in an aisle, staring down the assistant professor teaching the class. When police took him into custody, Frederick was found to be in possession of a wooden stick and a leather whip. He was charged with disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor offense."

So, making people nervous is a crime now?

moothemagiccow: A wooden stick eh? I was getting tired of those plastic sticks, too.

Well a "stick" isn't inherently made of wood.

Stick of Dynamite for example.

ultraholland: TFA: and made some students nervous by moving from seat to seat and eventually sitting in an aisle, staring down the assistant professor teaching the class.

Sounds normal to me. Bunch of sissies in that room.

Student paper said something along the lines of he was standing in the aisle for 10 minutes starring down the prof or TA or something like that, while holding a piece of wood.

I knew they didn't like people sitting in on classes but I guess they're really serious about that shiat.

St. Hubbins:
I knew they didn't like people sitting in on classes but I guess they're really serious about that shiat.

Two students left class and went to an office to call the cops. It wasn't the prof.

Pshaw.

I carried an 8' bullwhip with me through the majority of my freshman year in college. Two things: guys are VERY intrigued by an 18 year old girl walking around campus with a bullwhip; guys are not willing to try to date-rape an 18 year old girl walking around campus with a bullwhip.

Win-Win.

MooseUpNorth: / This guy taught an hour-long class 40 feet up in a bosun's chair that was suspended from the ceiling by a pulley rig of which he himself held the other end.

This professor needs an award.