George Ovdajungle
December 8th 03, 09:28 PM
Subject: (AP) Ontario, CA: Police Arrest Man at Ontario Museum
From: (Newsradio)
Date: 2/2/01 10:11 PM Eastern Standard Time
Message-id: >
(AP) 28 Jan. 2001 - Sheriff's deputies were called to the Ontario
Museum
of History and Art Monday, after a mentally ill man refused to leave
until
his collection of radio tapes were put on display. Officials say Scott
A.
Lifshine of New York entered the museum around 1 o'clock, carrying a
shopping bag full of reel-to-reel tapes and video cassettes. Lifshine,
42, claimed to be
the only person on earth in possession of recordings of the momentus
"California
Jam" concert, that took place at the Ontario Motor Speedway in the
1970's.
When told that his tapes were not rare, or relevant to the museum's
exhibits,
Lifshine became angry and refused to leave.
Deputy Ronald Juerst described Lifshine as a men with "several mental
illnesses", who has a history of confrontations in public places in
New
York.
Records show Lifshine was evaluated following an arrest in 1981. He is
described as a "paranoid schizophrenic with delusions of grandeur". He
told sherriff's department interviewers that he is the "greatest rock
star and
movie star in the world", and that he "controls all Internet
newsgroups".
Newsgroups are bulletin boards available online which cover thousands
of topics.
Lifshine's carries an I.D. card that lists his home address as a
halfway
house for the mentally ill in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Lifshine was released to his wife Monday afternoon, who noted that he
had
not taken his medication for three days -- a factor which may have led
to his
outburst. No one was hurt during the incident.
From: (Newsradio)
Date: 2/2/01 10:11 PM Eastern Standard Time
Message-id: >
(AP) 28 Jan. 2001 - Sheriff's deputies were called to the Ontario
Museum
of History and Art Monday, after a mentally ill man refused to leave
until
his collection of radio tapes were put on display. Officials say Scott
A.
Lifshine of New York entered the museum around 1 o'clock, carrying a
shopping bag full of reel-to-reel tapes and video cassettes. Lifshine,
42, claimed to be
the only person on earth in possession of recordings of the momentus
"California
Jam" concert, that took place at the Ontario Motor Speedway in the
1970's.
When told that his tapes were not rare, or relevant to the museum's
exhibits,
Lifshine became angry and refused to leave.
Deputy Ronald Juerst described Lifshine as a men with "several mental
illnesses", who has a history of confrontations in public places in
New
York.
Records show Lifshine was evaluated following an arrest in 1981. He is
described as a "paranoid schizophrenic with delusions of grandeur". He
told sherriff's department interviewers that he is the "greatest rock
star and
movie star in the world", and that he "controls all Internet
newsgroups".
Newsgroups are bulletin boards available online which cover thousands
of topics.
Lifshine's carries an I.D. card that lists his home address as a
halfway
house for the mentally ill in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Lifshine was released to his wife Monday afternoon, who noted that he
had
not taken his medication for three days -- a factor which may have led
to his
outburst. No one was hurt during the incident.