ROCHESTER, N.H. - The man accused of taking five people hostageat a Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign office desperately wanted helpwith a drinking problem, but lacked insurance and money to pay forit, his family said today.
Leeland Eisenberg, 46, is accused of walking into the Clintonoffice on Friday afternoon with what appeared to be explosivesstrapped to his body, demanding to speak to Clinton about mentalhealth care, authorities said.
"It was an act of desperation to try and get help," his stepson,Ben Warren, told ABC's "Good Morning America" today.
Eisenberg was scheduled to be arraigned today on charges ofkidnapping, criminal threatening and fraudulent use of a bomb-likedevice. The five-hour crisis ended peacefully, after all thehostages were released and Eisenberg walked out to surrender.
His wife, Lisa Warren, told Foster's Sunday Citizen her husbandhad been binge-drinking for three weeks and desperately wanted helpwith his problem. She had filed for divorce on Tuesday.
"I still love him, I'm still here and I wish there was somethingI could have done and that I'm sorry that it ended up this way,"Warren told ABC.
The couple have been married for about 11/2 years.
"When he was on his medication he was always making me laugh, hespoiled me," she said. "It was perfect in my eyes. But without themedication and (with) the use of the alcohol, he turned into adifferent person."
Warren said previously she learned after they married thatEisenberg had a troubled past that included a lawsuit against theCatholic Archdiocese of Boston alleging a priest sexually abusedhim.
His past may have contributed to his problems with alcohol, shesaid.
"No one could have prevented this unless they knew exactly whatwas happening," Warren told the newspaper. "I hope that he gets thehelp he needs, and I'm glad that no one got hurt."
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