Man Allegedly Drugs Woman's Drink
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Updated: 5:35 AM Feb 19, 2008
Man Allegedly Drugs Woman's Drink
At the Ruby Tuesday Restaurant, Colt Haugen was waiting on a couple having a first date. "The woman got up from the table and went to the salad bar. She turned her back,” said Haugen. He said that's when he saw the man slip a pill into the woman's drink.
Posted: 10:48 PM Feb 18, 2008
Reporter: Lauri Martin
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A waiter at a Colorado Springs restaurant spotted something that he thought was wrong. He stepped in and did something about it.

Police said 56-year-old Robert Psaty met a woman through an on-line dating service called singlesnet.com. The suspect works at the Colorado Mental Health Institute in Pueblo.

At the Ruby Tuesday Restaurant, Colt Haugen was waiting on a couple having a first date. "The woman got up from the table and went to the salad bar. She turned her back,” said Haugen.

He said that's when he saw the man slip a pill into the woman's drink. "I watched him do it, plain as day. I went to the bartender, got a new drink and swapped it out. ‘Here's a new drink,’ I said. He shot me this awful look, like a death glare. It gave me chills."

Haugen called police who then tested the drink for drugs. "It came back as Diazepam, which is a Valium," said an undercover detective with Metro Vice, Narcotics and Intelligence.

She said Robert Psaty admitted to having a prescription for valium and bringing the pills with him that night. “I think it's a warning for women everywhere. Watch where your drink is and carry with you."

The victim told 11 News that she never thought it would happen to her because she usually has a good sense of people.

The waiter said he doesn't consider himself a hero.

"You hear about it in Las Vegas or even at the clubs downtown, but not in a restaurant, not where people have hamburgers and salads," said Haugen.

Police said Psaty has been on-line dating for the past few years using serveral services including E-Harmony and singlesnet.com, so there may be other victims.

If you have any information that could help police or if you think you may be a victim, call Crime Stoppers at 634-STOP.


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Posted by: V.E.G. Location: Colorado on Nov 20, 2008 at 11:56 AM

Colt Haugen is like Dennis Blum's half-brother James Frederick Fayard, III a hero died saving others and Fayard is technically an African-American man.
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Posted by: V.E.G. Location: Colorado on Aug 11, 2008 at 02:16 PM

Colt Haugen saved Nancy McGrath's life by taking away her drink contain a drug. In a way, Haugen is like combination of two people (the Frick and Frack of Grand Junction heroes David Wayne Gilcrease and Hobert Aley Franklin, Jr.).
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Posted by: db Location: Colorado Springs on Feb 22, 2008 at 09:35 AM

Maria, that is one of the stupidest things I have ever heard. I met my girlfriend through an online dating service and we have been happily together for almost two years. It is insane to expect God to send us a mate. If you can’t rely on your own judgment, when such judgment is viewed by some as a gift from God, I feel very sorry for you because you cannot possibly be functioning as a rational adult in our society. That being said, we need more people like Colt in this world and I wish the best to Nancy to safely find whatever she is looking for in life....not everyone is a scum bag like Bob.
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