Axxon
05-04-2007, 04:52 PM
Urine prank leads to felony charges
PALM HARBOR – Two Palm Harbor University High School students have been arrested and charged with replacing an bottle of apple juice in a vending machine with their own urine, according to Pinellas County sheriff's officials.
Detectives said the boys, both 15, exploited a mechanical glitch in a Pepsi vending machine on the school's campus and were able to retrieve a bottle of Dole apple juice sometime in early April.
The boys then emptied the juice from the bottle, replaced it with their urine and placed it back into a vending machine, Pinellas Sheriff’s detectives said.
They waited for someone to purchase the drink. When no one did, they left the contaminated bottle in the machine.
An unsuspecting student then bought the apple juice on April 9. The unidentified boy then took a swig from the bottle on the bus ride home.
The victim smelled a foul odor and bad taste and told his mother, who called the Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators seized the bottle and test results showed that the bottle contained urine, officials said.
During the investigation, a school resource officer received tips directing authorities to two ninth graders.
The teens — both of Palm Harbor — were arrested and charged with on one count of poisoning of food or water with intent to injure or cause bodily harm, a felony.
I wonder if when they got arrested if they were told "Urine trouble now."
PALM HARBOR – Two Palm Harbor University High School students have been arrested and charged with replacing an bottle of apple juice in a vending machine with their own urine, according to Pinellas County sheriff's officials.
Detectives said the boys, both 15, exploited a mechanical glitch in a Pepsi vending machine on the school's campus and were able to retrieve a bottle of Dole apple juice sometime in early April.
The boys then emptied the juice from the bottle, replaced it with their urine and placed it back into a vending machine, Pinellas Sheriff’s detectives said.
They waited for someone to purchase the drink. When no one did, they left the contaminated bottle in the machine.
An unsuspecting student then bought the apple juice on April 9. The unidentified boy then took a swig from the bottle on the bus ride home.
The victim smelled a foul odor and bad taste and told his mother, who called the Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators seized the bottle and test results showed that the bottle contained urine, officials said.
During the investigation, a school resource officer received tips directing authorities to two ninth graders.
The teens — both of Palm Harbor — were arrested and charged with on one count of poisoning of food or water with intent to injure or cause bodily harm, a felony.
I wonder if when they got arrested if they were told "Urine trouble now."