Crime & Safety

Fremont Man Cuts Off His Own Penis With X-Acto Knife

Officers located the severed penis and doctors hope to reattach it.

FREMONT — A 20-year-old man cut off his penis using an X-Acto knife and was rushed to the hospital early Wednesday morning, a police detective said.

Officers responded to a home in the 4300 block of Mowry Avenue at about 2 a.m. after the man's brother contacted police about the self-inflicted wound, Detective Bill Veteran said.

Police do not believe the man was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. 

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The man was taken, along with his recovered severed organ, to a hospital so that doctors could attempt to reattach it and so that the man could be psychologically evaluated, Veteran said.

— Bay City News Service

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