Crime & Safety
Teenager 'Super-Glued' To Toilet Seat In Health Club Locker Room
It isn't clear if the 17-year-old, who required medical treatment, was targeted or if he was the random victim of a cruel prank.
MOUNT KISCO, NY — Emergency crews were called to rescue a health club user who was surprised to find himself glued to a toilet seat in the men's locker room.
An employee at the Saw Mill Club East on North Bedford Road in Mount Kisco flagged an officer down at 11:19 a.m. to report that a 17-year-old boy was “super-glued” to a toilet seat inside.
The Mount Kisco Fire Department and Volunteer Ambulance Corps responded to help free the teenager. He was taken to Northern Westchester Hospital for medical treatment.
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Police say that it is unclear if the youth was specifically targeted in a prank of some kind or whether he was a random victim in this incident.
Although rare, this sort of bizarre occurrence isn't unheard of.
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In 2016, the unintended victim of a superglue prank by two teenage girls turned out to be a 4-year-old girl who was stuck to a McDonald's toilet seat. Also in 2016, a similar prank at a Pennsylvania high school left a special needs student hospitalized. In 2011, police in Maryland said an April Fools' Day prank left a man glued to a toilet at a Wal-Mart store.
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