EXAMINER - COCAINE KILLED MAN

Cocaine toxicity and not a Taser caused the death of man who fled
sheriff's deputies last week, the chief Treasure Coast medical
examiner said Monday.

A history of drug use, the wild behavior that caused deputies to
chase him and a positive cocaine test led Dr. Roger Mittleman to find
Port Salerno resident Brian Lichtenstein, 31, died from the drug use,
the examiner said.

Martin County sheriff's deputies said Lichtenstein ran naked into the
woods when they arrived at the Riverland Mobile Home Park Friday,
after scared residents reported he was lying in their yard. Sgt. Shane
King fired his Taser when the man refused to come out of the woods,
reports show.