A 55-year-old man slit his throat in a Clackamas County courtroom Monday after he was sentenced on a theft conviction.



The man, whose name was not available, was rushed to OHSU Hospital, where he is being treated for lacerations to his neck.



Sgt. Robert Wurpes, Clackamas County Sheriff's Office spokesman, said the man sneaked a fragment of a razor through the Clackamas County Courthouse security system and pulled it out after he was sentenced shortly before noon by Circuit Judge Michael C. Wetzel.



Preliminary reports indicated that the man began bleeding profusely and that courtroom officials immediately called 9-1-1. Circumstances of the man's legal case -- including the sentence he received -- were not immediately clear.



-- Rick Bella



