Insanity Verdict in Bike Dragging
This 70 year old jerk “FORGOT” to take his meds and earnestly and seriously tried to kill an Iraq war Vet. This was no “old guy goes whoopppssy.” This was an attempt to use a car to murder a stranger on a motorcycle. It may have been racially motivated.
The article below is vague, but Jacobs ran over a black man on a motorcycle during BLACK BIKER WEEKEND. Jacobs then drove several miles in bumper to bumper to bumper traffic while dragging the motorcycle pinned under his car. Drivers were horrified to see sparks flying, hear the grind of metal and see the blood on Jacob’s car and the bike. The bike rider was able to claw and drag himself from under and between the slow moving vehicle and his motorcycle and miraculously survived.
Jacobs lives North of Myrtle Beach, but close enough to know the routine thrum of the tourist mecca. Both BIKER and BLACK BIKER WEEKS are known as annual, high traffic, super congested weekends. I think Jacobs was looking for trouble, and maybe a black guy to hurt. He didn’t pick a crack head to harm, he picked a member of the armed forces.
Bipolar disorder is a serious f#cking illness. The medicine isn’t perfect, yet. But without the medication many people with bipolar disorder are a serious danger. If you have bipolar, take the meds. If you know someone with bipolar try to make them take the meds. Larry is a lucky bastard, who could have had the book thrown at him. It’d be a hell of a precedent to hold a mentally ill person responsible for their actions when they CHOOSE to not take meds.
Hey Larry, bet you’ll take your goddamn meds in the state hospital, hopefully for the rest of your life. Cuz if you’re locked up forever you won’t be the responsibility of your grown children anymore, and won’t be driving around looking for people to kill.
Insanity verdict reached in bike dragging
Driver neglected to take medicine, his daughter says
Myrtlebeachonline.com | Oct. 31, 2008 | By Mike Cherney | mcherney@thesunnews.com
A man who injured a biker with his car then dragged the man’s motorcycle for miles under the car was found not guilty by reason of insanity in circuit court this week.
Larry Jacobs, 69, was charged with assault and battery with intent to kill after his car, in 2006, struck the motorcycle of Makino Robinson, a U.S. serviceman who had served in Iraq, during the Atlantic Beach Bikefest.
Jacobs was evaluated by separate psychiatrists selected by the state and the defense, said Fran Humphries, deputy solicitor for the 15th Judicial Circuit. Both examinations determined Jacobs could not be held criminally responsible due to a mental illness.
Morgan Martin, the attorney representing Jacobs, said he was pleased with the ruling.
As a result of the court ruling, Humphries said Jacobs will be committed to a state hospital for 120 days to determine a treatment plan. Humphries said there will be another court hearing in that time frame to determine whether Jacobs should be sent to a halfway house, committed to a hospital, or can be released.
If not for the mentally ill determination, Humphries said his office would have sought a guilty verdict.
Shortly after the incident took place, Jacobs’ daughter told The Sun News he left his Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., home without taking medication for bipolar disorder and manic depression.
Speaking Thursday, David Robinson, Makino Robinson’s father, said he thought the ruling was unfair. He said his son, who suffered deep bruises and severe road burns, was mostly recovered. But he said his son is concerned the injuries could affect his military career.
“If you’re on medication and you know that’s your lifeline, you choose,” said David Robinson, who lives in the Browns Ferry section of Georgetown County, of the ruling. “Nobody withheld it from you. You chose not to take it.”
Martin said Jacobs could have been found guilty even with a mental illness, but the exams showed he could not held responsible for his actions when the incident happened.
“He has some mental deficits, and he has to be on his medication,” Martin said. “When he does, he’s fine. When he’s off of it, it becomes problematic. He’s doing well, and I think he recognizes in a manner that he never has before the necessity of it.”
After the incident, a witness told police that he saw Makino Robinson riding in the right lane of U.S. 17 Business near Myrtle Beach State Park. Jacobs’ car changed lanes, closed the gap and struck Robinson from behind.
Robinson then struggled not to be pulled under the car before rolling off. Jacobs then drove through four traffic lights to Surfside Beach before he was pulled over by an Horry County police officer, authorities said.