Actor Gary Dourdan Charged with Felony Drug Possession

The actor Gary Dourdan, who is a star on the show “CSI,” has been charged with felony possession of heroin, cocaine, and ecstasy since his arrest last month where police found him asleep in his car in Palm Springs parked on the wrong side of the street with his car’s interior light on. He is scheduled to appear in court in Los Angeles on May 28^th.

Heath Ledger Died of Overdose

It is found that the actor Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose of painkillers, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medication, and other prescription drugs, says a New York City medical examiner. The cause of death was acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam, and doxylamine. The medical examiner’s office only named the name of generic drugs, so it is unclear if Ledger took generic or brand-name drugs.

Police found six types of prescription drugs in his apartment, including sleeping pills and anti-anxiety medicine. It isn’t released how much of each drug was found in his blood or if one drug played a greater role than others in causing his death. None of the drugs were taken excessively but the combination of having all the different drugs in his body at the same time proved deadly.

On January 22^nd Heath Ledger was found by a masseuse in the bed of his rented SoHo apartment. When she entered his bedroom to set up for the massage, she found him unresponsive. She then called his friend Mary-Kate Olsen three times over the next 9 minutes before calling 911. Ledger had been dead for a while when he was found.

Sleeping Pills Cause Woman to Awake From Coma

A sleeping pill named zolpidem, sold under the name Ambien, caused a 23 year old woman named Amy Pickard to awake from a 6 year coma after being given the drug. She is one of 360 patients from around the world that is involved in a test trial of using zolpidem to treat coma patients. She had gone into a coma at the age of 17 after injection heroine. After taking the pill, she was able eat and breathe on her own. She is also able to visually focus on things in her room and starting to talk again.

Sleeping Man Dressed in Zombie Costume Mistaken for a Corpse

In Germany, a man drunken man was mistaken for a corpse by other passengers after he fell asleep on the train wearing a gory zombie costume. The passengers thought that he was a man that had been murdered and called the police. Police and a first aid team approached the man and found that it was only a costume and he was sleeping. Police made him remove his make-up to continue with his train ride.

Man Finds Burglar Sleeping In His Bed

In Elkton, MD, a man came home to his apartment last week at 8 a.m. in the morning and found a burglar sleeping in his bed. The burglar didn’t wake up until the police came and handcuffed him while he was sleeping. The burglar, named Mark William, jammed a chair against the back door so that nobody would come in before he went to sleep. He is being charged with burglary, theft, malicious destruction of property, and possession of crack cocaine that police found in his pocket.

Woman Charged With Pouring Boiling Water on Boyfriend

It is reported in West Palm Beach, FL that a woman, named Billie Reynolds, was arrested and charged with pouring boiling water on her boyfriend while he was sleeping. The boyfriend suffered second-degree burns on over 20 percent of his body and was sent to the hospital. The police don’t know the reasoning as to why she did it.

Reynolds has been jailed and is being charged with domestic aggravated battery.