Clerk Faces Jail for Urinating in Soda
Thursday, March 30, 2006 (03-30) 15:31 PST DELTONA, Fla. (AP) --
A convenience store clerk pleaded no contest Thursday to felony charges of tampering after he urinated in a bottle of soda that was later drunk by a customer who became violently sick.
Anthony Mesa, 21, was taken into custody after the short hearing before Circuit Judge James R. Clayton. He will be sentenced at a later date, The Orlando Sentinel reported.
Mesa's attorney said he is hopeful his client will receive less than a year in the county jail.
Mesa was working at a Deltona convenience store when the incident occurred last fall.
The victim, a foreman with a Daytona Beach construction company, became suspicious of the drink after he chugged it and vomited three or four times.
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http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/03/30/national/a153146S42.DTL Ummm ... his first clue didn't come until after he'd chugged it and vomited three or four times. Don't you think he might have noticed the funny taste?