Former MLB pitcher Jeff Reardon not guilty by insanity in jewelry store robbery
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Bill Jempty | Monday, August 28, 2006 |
From the Sun-Sentinel
WEST PALM BEACH — A Palm Beach County circuit judge found former Major League Baseball pitcher Jeff Reardon not guilty by reason of insanity on Monday of robbing a jewelry store.
Reardon, who played in two World Series, was taking a dozen medications that impaired his judgment. Attorneys said Reardon was distraught over the 2004 death of a son and had been taking anti-depressants and mood stabilizers.
Defense attorney Mitch Beers, who used a voluntary intoxication defense, said the robbery episode, with Reardon’s “thank you” and “please” on the note, was like something out of a Woody Allen movie.
Two court-appointed psychiatrists, along with two defense psychiatrists, concluded there was no reasonable or logical explanation for Reardon to rob a jewelry store.
After Judge Stephen Rapp’s ruling was announced on Monday, Reardon said he was pleased and relieved. He had been worried about going to jail, he said.
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Reardon is to return before Rapp in six months for a court-ordered review of his case.
My wife and I lost a son in 2003, so I partly sympathize with Reardon. I was very depressed(and angry) after Daniel’s death. I also took anti-depressants but never once thought about holding up a jewelry store. Instead I started blogging…….
Is that another form of insanity?
I do hope Reardon gets his life together.
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