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ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. -- St. Johns County deputies released on Monday the radio communications made as authorities responded to a cyanide scare at a popular beach last week.
The incident began shortly before midnight Friday when deputies confronted a man and a group of people at Mickler's Landing parking lot in Ponte Vedra Beach.
Three of the people told the officers they were there to stop the fourth person from trying to kill himself.
The St. Johns County deputies realized something was seriously wrong when the suicidal man who they were questioning claimed he was carrying cyanide -- a rapidly acting, potentially deadly chemical that has various industrial uses and in its crystal form can be an ingredient in rat poison.
Officers contacted emergency a dispatcher for help. An officer asked the dispatcher to send rescue to Mickler's Landing because the man was "complaining he had cyanide in his mouth."
Officer: "He's complaining that his mouth is burning and he spit it out."
Dispatch: "Do you know if he drank it and how much?"
Officer: "I believe it was powdered form, and I don’t know how much … crystallized form."
A short time later, two of the deputies at the scene began have symptoms of poisoning.
That's when the dispatcher talking to the deputies on the radio gave the officers instructions on how to handle the dangerous situation.
Dispatcher: "I need them to break down all the way to their underwear."
"If they come up to the yellow cone, they need to go ahead and de-cloth and leave their underwear on only."
"The deputy who is vomiting needs to be the first up front."
Ten people, including three deputies and three paramedics, were taken to an area hospital as a precaution. All but the man who had the cyanide in his mouth were decontaminated and medically released.
The other man was still being held under the Florida Baker Act on Monday because of the suicide threats he made. The Baker Act allows authorities to hold a person deemed to have the ability to harm himself or others.
Whether that man will charge will be determined by the state.
911 Calls: Man Had Cyanide In Mouth - Jacksonville News Story - WJXT Jacksonville
The incident began shortly before midnight Friday when deputies confronted a man and a group of people at Mickler's Landing parking lot in Ponte Vedra Beach.
Three of the people told the officers they were there to stop the fourth person from trying to kill himself.
The St. Johns County deputies realized something was seriously wrong when the suicidal man who they were questioning claimed he was carrying cyanide -- a rapidly acting, potentially deadly chemical that has various industrial uses and in its crystal form can be an ingredient in rat poison.
Officers contacted emergency a dispatcher for help. An officer asked the dispatcher to send rescue to Mickler's Landing because the man was "complaining he had cyanide in his mouth."
Officer: "He's complaining that his mouth is burning and he spit it out."
Dispatch: "Do you know if he drank it and how much?"
Officer: "I believe it was powdered form, and I don’t know how much … crystallized form."
A short time later, two of the deputies at the scene began have symptoms of poisoning.
That's when the dispatcher talking to the deputies on the radio gave the officers instructions on how to handle the dangerous situation.
Dispatcher: "I need them to break down all the way to their underwear."
"If they come up to the yellow cone, they need to go ahead and de-cloth and leave their underwear on only."
"The deputy who is vomiting needs to be the first up front."
Ten people, including three deputies and three paramedics, were taken to an area hospital as a precaution. All but the man who had the cyanide in his mouth were decontaminated and medically released.
The other man was still being held under the Florida Baker Act on Monday because of the suicide threats he made. The Baker Act allows authorities to hold a person deemed to have the ability to harm himself or others.
Whether that man will charge will be determined by the state.
911 Calls: Man Had Cyanide In Mouth - Jacksonville News Story - WJXT Jacksonville