Ohio Big Boy worker charged with tainting coffee

November 23, 2011

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TOLEDO, Ohio—An employee at an Ohio Big Boy restaurant is charged with pouring animal medication into customer coffee with the intent to poison.

The Blade newspaper reports ( http://bit.ly/sRU1CO) 36-year-old Edwin Ledgard told Toledo police that he had a delusion to kill customers.

A police report says the Toledo man went to the Frisch's Big Boy on his day off on Friday and poured into a pot of coffee a drug called Dextran, which is used to treat anemia in baby pigs. Police say another worker at the restaurant saw what Ledgard was doing.

Ledgard remains in jail Wednesday after being charged with contaminating a substance for human consumption. A judge set his bond at $100,000.

A message seeking comment was left with his public defender on Wednesday.

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Information from: The Blade, http://www.toledoblade.com/