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DARIEN, N.Y. (WIVB) - A sticky and painful situation landed a Cheektowaga teen in big trouble. Police say he super glued another person's eye and ear shut.
Super gluing hands and fingers together, as seen in a YouTube video, might be good for a laugh. But a practical joke played on a 17-year-old, authorities in Genesee County say, didn't go over so well.
Genesee County Sheriff Gary Maha said, "He emptied the entire tube of super glue on the guy's cheek and some of it rolled down into his eye and into his ear. Of course, causing damage, and then when he woke up, the guy couldn't open his eye, he couldn't hear."
19-year-old Michael Johnson of Cheektowaga finds himself in a sticky legal situation. He's charged with misdemeanor assault after allegedly super gluing his friend's right eye and ear shut while camping at Darien in Genesee County.
"He put some super glue on his cheek figuring the guy would touch it, and his hand would be stuck to his face," explained Sheriff Maha.
But instead, the 17-year-old was taken to the hospital for treatment. And according to the sheriff, the teen may require a specialist because the glue ran down into the inner ear.
Dr. Ron Moscati is an emergency physician at the Erie County Medical Center. He says, "Most of the recommendations [for super glue] are to just let it stay for a few days, and it loosens up on its own."
Dr. Moscati says super glue bonds very quickly, as a YouTube video demonstrates. He says as a general rule, the glue can be removed with acetone, unless vital parts, like eyes and ears, are involved.
"You don't want to, in the process of trying to remove the glue, put something worse in there that can cause more damage, which is why if it's in the eye, the recommendation would be to get it treated at the hospital," explained Dr. Moscati.
Michael Johnson was arraigned in Darien Town Court says the misdemeanor assault charge could be elevated to a felony if the medical report indicates there's serious physical injury.
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