Weather | Sports | Forums | Comics | Classifieds | Calendar | Movies
The two men had ingested multiple drugs, authorities said.
By JAMIE JONES, Times Staff Writer
© St. Petersburg Times, published July 30, 2002
SPRING HILL -- A friend found them lying on the bathroom floor before rushing them to Spring Hill Regional Hospital early Saturday.
An emergency room doctor discovered sleeping pills, Xanax, heroin, marijuana and alcohol in the systems of Shawn Michael Briggs, 21, and Dewayne Ahm, 32, authorities said.
The men were listed in critical condition, and Dr. Richard Martin predicted possible brain damage for Ahm, reports stated.
However, friends said they were doing fine on Monday.
Briggs, of 5144 Abagail Drive, was released from Spring Hill Regional Hospital, and friends said Monday he was getting more treatment at Springbrook Hospital in Brooksville.
Ahm, of Port Richey, was treated at Spring Hill Regional Hospital and released, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
Briggs' girlfriend, Megan Cavanaugh, told authorities she had been with Briggs and Ahm on Friday. She said they drove to Tampa because the men wanted to buy Xanax. Cavanaugh told authorities that the men were drunk.
She said a Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy stopped them before they got into their car and would not let them drive. Cavanaugh told authorities that a friend took them back to Spring Hill.
She said Briggs and Ahm locked themselves into a bathroom at her Abagail Drive home. She said she finally got inside and found them lying on the floor, where they had vomited.
She said she called a friend, who dropped them off at the hospital.
Cavanaugh, 23, was "frantic and crying" during the interview with deputies, authorities said. Records show she was arrested early Friday for possession of a controlled substance and DUI. She did not return calls for comment Monday.
-- Jamie Jones covers law enforcement and courts in Hernando County and can be reached at 754-6114. Send e-mail to jjones@sptimes.com.