Alizé Bland

Violent Criminal Behavior

Dr. E. Wheeler
Week 6: 2021

Mental Health and Violent Crimes

This week we focused on mental illness as they relate to violent crimes.

For your initial discussion post, utilize one of the following diagnoses antisocial personality,
major depression, bipolar, or schizophrenia, and identify a criminal (of any kind) who was
diagnosed with the disorder. Clearly identify which diagnosis the person had, the crime that they
committed followed by the outcome of their trial.

While looking for criminals with mental disorders, I came across Jermaine Agee. Jermaine Agee
currently has PTSD but was previously diagnosed with bipolar and schizophrenia. Family and
friends and his parole officer asked police to 302 (Involuntary Commitment) him to a mental
institution before he harmed himself and others again.

He was diagnosed with both disorders after they had found him in a dirty alley with a crack pipe
and blood all over him after beating a homeless man for it. As a part of his illness, he was prone
to violent outbursts and engaged in extremely risky behaviors such as the use of illegal narcotics,
self-harm, and assault. He was wanted on a misdemeanor for domestic assault also has a history
of robbery and theft convictions.

Jermaine Agee had broken into his estranged girlfriend’s home and stabbed her and her 13-year-
old son to death with a butcher knife while attempting to kill her other two children; one of
whom was in critical condition due to the injuries sustained (16yrs) and the other uninjured but
left mentally scarred (8 yrs). The crime that Jermaine committed happened recently in late 2019,
and had a trial hearing in mid-October 2020. He pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree
murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder. He received life in prison without the
possibility of parole.

Link to surviving daughter’s testimony: https://youtu.be/tR3ML4eCZFM