- TRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ The iced tea made me do it.
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- That's the defense offered by lobbyist
Gregory DeLozier, 35, who was charged with the attempted murder of his
wife, Michelle. She was stabbed by a masked intruder Tuesday at a salon
where she was having her hair done.
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- During a videotaped statement he gave
police after his arrest, DeLozier said sediment in a bottle of iced tea
he drank had weird side effects. That, coupled with the stress of an upcoming
mortgage deal the couple was pursuing, made him snap, he said.
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- Police said DeLozier, the legislative
director of the New Jersey Association of Realtors, put on a ski mask,
sunglasses, a coat and gloves Tuesday, and went to the salon.
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- At the shop's back door, he held an 8-inch
butcher knife to the throat of an employee and announced a robbery, police
said. Once inside, the masked intruder took $40 from the shop owner, then
turned toward Mrs. DeLozier, accusing her of helping put him in jail once,
then stabbing her three times in the back, police said.
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- Police say the robbery attempt was an
attempt to disguise the attack on Mrs. DeLozier.
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- DeLozier had worked for the Realtors'
association for six years.
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- ``Obviously, it's a great shock to everybody,''
Executive Vice President Walt Baczkowski said. ``He was here for a period
of time and was very well known by the members.''
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- He was being held on $400,000 bail. She
remained hospitalized in stable condition.
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