Police: Man cracked in head with lamp during drug-fueled argument
Two men smoking crack cocaine together got in an argument and one of the men struck the other with a lamp, causing a cut severe enough to send the victim to the hospital, Ypsilanti police said.
Ypsilanti police Detective Sgt. Thomas Eberts said police responded at 4:15 a.m. Tuesday to the 700 block of Washtenaw Avenue for a report of an assault between acquaintances. When they arrived, police found a man bleeding from a severe laceration to his head.
Eberts said a witness told police two men were smoking crack cocaine together in an apartment. The two men got in a verbal argument about an unknown topic, but apparently the discussion got heated enough for one man to take a lamp and hit the other in the head.
The suspect then fled the apartment and police were called to the scene, Eberts said. The victim was uncooperative and was transported to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital for treatment.
The investigation into the incident continues, Eberts said.
Kyle Feldscher covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at kylefeldscher@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
Comments
josh b
Thu, Jun 6, 2013 : 4:51 p.m.
Lawrence Taylor in The Waterboy: "Gentlemen, which brings me to my next point. Don't smoke crack."
cornelius McDougenschniefferburgenstein jr. 3 esq.
Thu, Jun 6, 2013 : 4:03 p.m.
crack smoking invokes bright ideas+bruce springsteen wrote blinded by the light.
Tru2Blu76
Thu, Jun 6, 2013 : 3:38 a.m.
Crack heads exercising their constitutional right to... crack heads. Drug legalization is the only answer!!!! Yay!!! (LOL!)
dading dont delete me bro
Thu, Jun 6, 2013 : 3:32 a.m.
i was thinking 'crack-head'....somehow in the headline
brian
Thu, Jun 6, 2013 : 2:44 a.m.
Crack killed Apple Jack, he jumped in but he never jumped back. A crack addict actually told me that.
cinnabar7071
Thu, Jun 6, 2013 : 12:08 a.m.
This is why we can't have nice things.
MajorPaul
Wed, Jun 5, 2013 : 11:54 p.m.
I must say, the headline is brilliant (yes - pun intended). There may be a new slogan in the works here : "Crack Light. Give your high a new shade of fluorescence."
Arborcomment
Wed, Jun 5, 2013 : 10:33 p.m.
Guess he saw the light? Sorry - had to do it.
M-Wolverine
Thu, Jun 6, 2013 : 1:06 p.m.
If he saw the light he would have ducked.
Ms1215919
Thu, Jun 6, 2013 : 12:57 a.m.
or, to quote Manfred Mann, was "blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night.." had to too.....sorry.
WalkingJoe
Wed, Jun 5, 2013 : 10:57 p.m.
Either that or stars. ;-)
thisisnutzz
Wed, Jun 5, 2013 : 10:25 p.m.
Wait, no pictures of a lamp? ;)
Kyle Feldscher
Wed, Jun 5, 2013 : 11:04 p.m.
I definitely had one ready to go. That's all I will say.
umylulz
Wed, Jun 5, 2013 : 10:11 p.m.
No pun intended with the headline, right?...
mady
Sat, Jun 8, 2013 : 2:49 p.m.
Ohhhhh, good one!