Deputy Gets AIDS
From Times Wire Services
SANTA ROSA, Calif. —
A Sonoma County sheriff’s deputy contracted AIDS seven years after he accidentally jabbed himself with a needle found in a 1981 drug raid, officials said.
Sheriff Dick Michaelsen said Tuesday that, to his knowledge, it was the “first time in history” a law officer had contracted the disease while performing his duties.
Michaelsen said that Deputy Bill Martin, now 47, suffered a series of strokes caused by brain lesions induced by acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
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