Man tries to cut off his arm at busy Denny's restaurant

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A 33-year-old man who tried cutting off his arm inside a busy Denny's
restaurant because he believed it would save his life was arrested
Friday night, according to Modesto police.

According to Sgt. Brian Findlen, Michael Lasiter of Modesto had been
injecting cocaine in a nearby motel when he thought he had injected air
into his vein, which can lead to death.

Findlen said the man believed that if he cut off his arm, he could save
himself from dying.

Lasiter entered the restaurant at 1525 McHenry Ave. about 10:15 p.m. and
grabbed a butter knife off a customer's table and began stabbing himself
in the right arm near the biceps. When that didn't work, he ran into the
kitchen and got a butcher knife and started "digging the knife into his
arm," Findlen said.

Police arrived almost immediately and isolated the man. A few minutes
later, they used a Taser to subdue him.

"He wouldn't obey a substantial number of commands and continued to stab
himself," Findlen said. "There were some tense moments, but a lot of
patrons didn't know what was going on."

Lasiter was arrested and taken to a Modesto hospital to treat severe
cuts to his arm.

Findlen said he had "never seen anything like that before" in his 11
years in law enforcement.

He said the restaurant closed for the evening to clean up.

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