78-YEAR-OLD MAN GIVEN OVERDOSE.Byline: Cecilia Chan Daily News Staff Writer A 41-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of trying to murder her grandfather, a 78-year-old Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. resident. Harley Hartung has recovered from the incident and is at home with his live-in care provider, said Sgt. Bob Gardner, Simi Valley Police Department The Simi Valley Police Department (SVPD) is the police department of the city of Simi Valley, California. The department currently has over 120 sworn officers, and more than 65 support personnel[1]. The department has a patrol area that covers over 39 square miles. spokesman. Sindi Samantha Del Tour, who lives in a suburb of Bakersfield, was booked at Ventura County jail on suspicion of drugging Hartung in an attempt to kill him. Her bail was set at $250,000. ``We suspect it was for financial gain,'' said Gardner. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if she is named in a will, but she is related to him.'' Gardner said he did not know if Del Tour is Hartung's only surviving relative. He said Del Tour spent the night at her grandfather's house on Jan. 14 and, while she was alone with him, ``Hartung, for reasons unknown, became lethargic and unresponsive.'' When he remained lethargic and unable to stand the next day, a live-in care provider and Del Tour took him to Simi Valley Hospital Simi Valley Hospital (SVH) is a Seventh-day Adventist hospital located located in Simi Valley, California. SVH is a member of Adventist Health. New Construction Simi Valley Hospital is in the process of building a new wing to the hospital. . During routine admittance Admittance The ratio of the current to the voltage in an alternating-current circuit. In terms of complex current I and voltage V, the admittance of a circuit is given by Eq. (1), and is related to the impedance of the circuit Z by Eq. (2). procedure, hospital workers discovered that Hartung had drugs like those in Valium in his system, according to investigators. ``An (overdose) of Valium can kill you,'' Gardner said. He said investigators learned that the tranquilizer tranquilizer, drug whose action calms the central nervous system, decreasing emotional agitation without impairing alertness. Tranquilizing drugs differ from hypnotic drugs such as barbiturates in that they do not act on the brain's cortical areas but rather on its drugs had not been prescribed for Hartung. On Jan. 16, a nurse entered Hartung's hospital room and saw Del Tour standing by a solution being slowly pumped into Hartung intravenously, police said. Gardner said the nurse saw that the solution was discolored dis·col·or v. dis·col·ored, dis·col·or·ing, dis·col·ors v.tr. To alter or spoil the color of; stain. v.intr. To become altered or spoiled in color. , shut off the pump and left the room to get help. When the nurse returned with another nurse and a doctor, the pump had been turned back on - allegedly by Del Tour. The medical workers disconnected the IV equipment and allegedly found some of the tranquilizer drugs in the solution. They called the police the next day. Police later interviewed Del Tour, and they searched her home on Jan. 26. Gardner said the search turned up Valium. |
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