Bond Denied !

The Virginia Beach police officer who wrecked his car on Route 13 near Hallwood last Sunday is said to have had a severe reaction to a medication he had been taking for bronchitis.  Threatened by demons and such he used a knife and gun towards our local firefighters thereby putting not just their lives in jeopardy  but  the lives of our  law enforcement officers.

This morning  Bradley Colas appeared before a judge at a bond hearing and bond has been denied.


Bradley Colas will remain in jail.


WTKR News
ACCOMACK COUNTY – An off-duty Virginia Beach police officer suffering from a severe reaction to an antibiotic was tormented by hallucinations of demons and was on his way to Philadelphia to see Jesus when he crashed his car on Route 13 Sunday, his attorney said. Police said Bradley S. Colas then stabbed two firefighters who were sent to help him, including the deputy chief of the Atlantic volunteer fire department, and then shot at a third.


Colas has been in an Eastern Shore hospital under psychiatric care ever since the accident. On Thursday, warrants charging him with stabbing the firefighters were made public in Accomack County General District Court.

His attorney says Colas thought the rescuers were demons attacking him. Unhurt in the crash, Colas jumped on his car and demanded transportation to Philadelphia, said attorney Moody E. “Sonny” Stallings. Police arrested him walking against traffic on Route 13, still clutching his gun.

A note in Colas’ court file, written by Virginia Beach psychiatrist Thomas K. Tsao said: “My diagnosis at this time is Brief Psychotic Disorder secondary to an unusual reaction to a physician prescribed antibiotic.” The note continued, “Although greatly improved, Mr. Colas still has evidence of residual impairment psychologically that needs to be further evaluated and addressed in a psychiatric hospital.”

Stallings said Colas had taken several twice-a-day doses of an antibiotic called “Biaxin” prescribed for bronchitis. The FDA has noted that, in rare occasions, Biaxin has been associated with severe reactions that can include insomnia, nightmares, hallucinations and psychosis.

Stallings said Colas had not slept for days because he saw demons in his Virginia Beach apartment. The attorney said the officer sent bizarre emails and placed a strange late-night phone call to his father, a dentist in New York.

Court records show Colas moved to Virginia Beach in July to begin the police academy in August. He graduated last month and was assigned to an experienced patrol officer for on-the-street training.

Accomack sheriff’s deputies said Thursday night Colas was still in the Eastern Shore hospital, under guard and not eligible for bail. He is scheduled for a bail hearing Friday morning at 11 a.m. Stallings, the attorney, said he wants Colas transferred to a psychiatric hospital in Virginia Beach. The attorney said Colas had no alcohol or other drugs in his system at the time of the crash.
 
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