Miami police have warned of a potent new mind-altering drug called "Cloud Nine," after a snarling homeless man threatened to eat two officers a week after a grisly face-gnawing attack. The ecstasy-like drug is part of a new line of over-the-counter "bath salts"
implicated in an attack last week in which a growling naked man chewed
off most of a homeless man's face before being shot dead by police. The police department is now
warning officers to be extremely cautious around disorderly homeless men
and telling the public to call police immediately if they see anyone
showing signs of being on the new drug.
In the latest incident, police took Brandon De Leon into custody after he entered a restaurant shouting obscenities and initially resisted arrest. On the way to the station he
slammed his head against the plexiglass barrier in the patrol car,
shouting to the officers: "I'm going to eat you!" Later, the 21-year-old growled
and grunted like an animal, and tried to bite an officer's hand, police
said, prompting them to fit him with a bite mask and leg restraints. In addition to the Cloud Nine,
police also believe De Leon finished off a bottle of rum and was
working on a beverage called Four Loko, which combines alcohol and
caffeine. He tested positive for marijuana, Xanax and alcohol. The case "bears resemblance to an incident that occurred in the city of
Miami last week, when a male ate another man's face. AFP
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