Road Rage Murder Attempt Antidepressants 13/04/2000 Massachusetts Man Deliberately Rams his Car into Smaller Vehicle
 
 Summary:<br><br><div>Paragraph 4 reads:&nbsp; &quot;Last winter, Kolhonen told reporters he had been hospitalized for <strong>depression in the weeks surrounding the incident and was taking antidepressants that night.&quot;<br /><br /></strong>______________________________________________________________________<br />Road rage suspect&#39;s lawyer discussing insanity defense<br />New Hampshire Union Leader (Manchester, NH)<br />April 13, 2000<br />Estimated printed pages: 2 <br /><img src="../localhost/C_/Program%20Files/Eudora%20Pro/Embedded/326fd4d1.jpg" alt="[]" width="1" height="1" /> <br /><br />LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) -- A New Hampshire man charged with assault with intent to <strong>murder</strong> in a road rage incident may use insanity as a defense. <br />Steven Kolhonen, 33, of Londonderry, is accused of ramming his sport utility vehicle into a smaller car Halloween night. Police say he pushed the car from behind at high speeds on Route 114 in North Andover.<br /><br />In paperwork filed Friday in Lawrence District Court, Kolhonen&#39;s lawyer reserved the right to use insanity as a defense at his June trial.<br /><br />&quot;That&#39;s all it is, just reserving the right,&quot; Jamie James said Monday.<br /><br />Last winter, Kolhonen told reporters he had been hospitalized for depression in the weeks surrounding the incident and was taking <strong>antidepressants</strong> that night.<br /><br />Kolhonen has said he lightly bumped a car in front of him when its driver slammed on the brakes. He said the occupants might have been irritated because the headlights on his high-riding SUV shone into their car.<br /><br />He claims when he and the other car pulled over, he was assaulted and threatened by friends of the car&#39;s driver before he drove away, smashed into another car and sped to a police station.<br /><br />But authorities and witnesses painted a different picture, saying he deliberately rammed and pushed the car after he was cut off in traffic. Kolhonen was arrested on a variety of charges, including assault with intent to <strong>murder</strong> and threatening <strong>murder</strong>.<br /><br />Five days after the driving incident, firefighters were called to Kolhonen&#39;s home to find his SUV in flames. Kolhonen said the fire followed two days of threatening phone calls, which he had reported to the police.<br /><br />Two days later, Kolhonen reported waking up in a burning house. But in January, he was charged with insurance fraud relating to the car fire and arson for the house fire.<br /><br />Kolhonen also has waived his right to a jury trial, choosing instead to have his case heard before a judge. <br />Edition:&nbsp; State<br />Page:&nbsp; B2<br />Index Terms: AP<br />Record Number:&nbsp; 0F544F130B6778D7 <br /></div> 
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