Rudy Eugene

Doctors say victim of face-chewing attack in Miami last year making progress, playing guitar

2013-05-21 14:09:45

MIAMI (AP) — A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year appeared Tuesday to be mostly at peace with his disfigurement, strumming a guitar, making jokes and thanking people for their donations to help pay for his...

'Causeway Cannibal' victim keeps positive attitude nearly a year later

2013-05-21 18:44:00

When the so-called Causeway Cannibal chewed off a homeless man's face, disfiguring and blinding him, images of the facial injuries spread across the Internet and sparked worldwide revulsion. Yet nearly a year after that brutal assault in Miami, Ronald...

The Dangerous Designer Drug "Smiles" Has Reached Connecticut's Streets

2013-04-24 07:10:00

Move over lead-containing kiddie toys; psychoactive designer drugs are on their way to becoming China's most deadly exports. A relatively obscure compound nicknamed "25-I" is the newest in a string of these "research chemicals" available for purchase...

Face-chewing victim speaks out in police interview

2012-08-09 05:02:00

MIAMI (AP) — A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre assault alongside a busy South Florida highway told police that his attacker "just ripped me to ribbons." In a recorded interview with investigators, Ronald Poppo said the...

Cities joining legal crusade to ban fake pot, 'bath salts'

2012-06-28 14:15:00

Synthetic marijuana has been in the cross hairs of cities waging their own war against synthetic drugs. Now it's bath salts, the designer drug meant to mimic cocaine. The ban movement was already under way when the world learned of the gruesome...

Pot, Not Bath Salts, Cited in Face-Chewing 'Zombie' Attack

2012-06-28 05:25:00

MIAMI, Fla. -- The naked Florida man who chewed off the face of another man last month in a zombie-like cannibal attack used marijuana but not "bath salts" as police had suspected, authorities said Wednesday. Rudy Eugene, 31, was killed by a police...

Only pot in Florida 'zombie' attacker's system

2012-06-28 05:14:00

MIAMI (AP) — Lab tests detected only marijuana in the system of a Florida man shot while chewing on another man’s face, the medical examiner said Wednesday, ruling out other street drugs including the components typically found in the...

It wasn't bath salts

2012-06-28 13:52:00

The naked Florida man who chewed off the face of a homeless man was not high on bath salts after all. At least that's what theMiami-Dade CountyMedical Examiner Department is saying. Investigators say the only thing they found in 31-year-old Rudy Eugene's...

Más informes: El hombre herido de mordedura en rostro podría quedar ciego

2012-06-13 07:45:00

Ronald Poppo, el hombre que viv�a en la calle y que qued� en condici�n critica por 17 d�as, luego de un sangriento ataque por parte del ahora llamado can�bal del Causeway, sabe que al menos la mitad de su rostro desapareci� en los dientes del otro hombre,...

The 'zombie apocalypse' does not spare Pennsylvania

2012-06-07 16:33:00

Thank heavens gruesome things do not happen in Pennsylvania. Oops. Spoke too soon. Should have knocked on wood. Obviously, recent weird events must have had some something to do with the approaching full moon, combined with eager anticipation of the...

Médicos: Se recupera víctima de ataque a mordidas en Florida

2012-06-13 07:40:00

Un vagabundo que perdi� la mayor parte de la cara a mordidas en una agresi�n ins�lita en la Florida se encuentra de buen �nimo, conversa y camina con asistencia del personal en un hospital, dijeron el martes los m�dicos. El ojo izquierdo de Ronald...

Víctima de morderura de rostro no se queja de dolores

2012-06-14 06:53:00

The 'Miami cannibal attack' occurred on May 26, 2012, when Rudy Eugene assaulted Ronald Poppo on the MacArthur Causeway in Miami.

2013-01-14 10:28:16

This undated booking file photo made available by the Miami-Dade Police Dept. shows Ronald Poppo. In a recorded July 19, 2012 interview, Ronald Poppo told investigators the man who approached him initially seemed friendly.

2012-08-09 05:04:00

Rudy Eugene was not on "bath salts" or synthetic marijuana when he chewed the face off a homeless man in May if you believe the toxicology reports, that is. Read the story here.

2012-07-30 09:10:24