A Tucson, Arizona, woman has been sentenced for poisoning her husband’s coffee after being caught on camera.
The woman in this case was identified Melody Feliciano Johnson was sentenced to probation, Tuscon.com reported Saturday.
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Robbie Johnson started noticing that her coffee tasted strange in March 2023.
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The newspaper said she “pleaded guilty to two counts of adding a poisonous or noxious substance to food or drink, which county prosecutors announced was a much lighter sentence than the original attempted murder charge.” , Judge Javier Chong López added. She ordered the woman to undergo a mental health evaluation and have no contact with her victim.
“She was scheduled for release as she had already spent a year in prison,” the report states.
The couple lived in the same house in Germany in 2023 and had gone through a “controversial” divorce. husbandRobbie Johnson of the U.S. Air Force claimed that his coffee tasted bad. Good morning, America report During September.
The man installed a hidden camera that showed the woman pouring bleach into the coffee maker while she was abroad and after she returned to Arizona.
Tucson police said the husband used pool test strips and found that the coffee pot contained high levels of chlorine.
“As part of her plea agreement, Ms. Johnson admitted to placing small amounts of bleach in her husband’s coffee pot on two separate occasions in July 2023,” the Tuscon.com report said.
Recording in progress showing My husband said from behind the camera as I picked up the coffee pot. “Look at this.” I guarantee you see purple. “Boom,” he said, holding up a soaked test strip. “It’s amazing,” he added.
He claimed he was there to collect her life insurance money, according to Law & Crime. The video also shows foamy water in the coffee maker.
“Whatever is there, there’s plenty of it,” he said.
