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World of Warcraft: Teen arrested for suicide threat

By: Matt DiVito - Published January 04, 2009 at 1:38 PM EST - Writer Archive
Ohio teen in jail after threat of suicide over WoW.
A local teenager of Middletown, Ohio found himself in handcuffs and in a squad car on Monday, Dec. 29.

The 17-year old informed a Blizzard representative in-game that "he was suicidal and that the game is the only thing he has to live for," forcing the representative to place a call to 911.

After police and paramedics arrived at his home, he claimed that he only did it "to try to get what he wanted for the game."

He was later released to his father, and will appear in court on Tuesday, January 6th.

Source: Middletown Journal

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