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Skokie man sentenced after spiking office coffee
Associated Press
Posted Friday, September 02, 2005
CHICAGO -- A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to three years in prison for spiking an office coffee maker because he was angry at his bosses.
A Cook County judge imposed the sentence Thursday on Kemarat Vathananand, 51, of Skokie. Vathananand, who was initially also charged with attempted murder, pleaded guilty to felony food tampering and faced a maximum prison term of seven years.
Vathananand dumped a variety of substances into the coffee maker, including urine and a toxic solvent called lead acetate, over several months last year at a Schiller Park metal-finishing plant where worked for 15 years, Cook County prosecutors said.
He had apparently become enraged when his bosses told him he couldn't drink coffee in a shop area of Castle Metal Finishing, according to Schiller Park Police.
Many employees had complained of feeling ill and of vomiting after drinking the coffee -- though no one was ever seriously injured.
After one employee had a sample of the coffee tested and found it contained lead acetate, company staff contacted police. Authorities installed a hidden security camera last October that captured Vathananand pouring liquids into the coffee maker.
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Skokie man sentenced after spiking office coffee
Associated Press
Posted Friday, September 02, 2005
CHICAGO -- A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to three years in prison for spiking an office coffee maker because he was angry at his bosses.
A Cook County judge imposed the sentence Thursday on Kemarat Vathananand, 51, of Skokie. Vathananand, who was initially also charged with attempted murder, pleaded guilty to felony food tampering and faced a maximum prison term of seven years.
Vathananand dumped a variety of substances into the coffee maker, including urine and a toxic solvent called lead acetate, over several months last year at a Schiller Park metal-finishing plant where worked for 15 years, Cook County prosecutors said.
He had apparently become enraged when his bosses told him he couldn't drink coffee in a shop area of Castle Metal Finishing, according to Schiller Park Police.
Many employees had complained of feeling ill and of vomiting after drinking the coffee -- though no one was ever seriously injured.
After one employee had a sample of the coffee tested and found it contained lead acetate, company staff contacted police. Authorities installed a hidden security camera last October that captured Vathananand pouring liquids into the coffee maker.
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