RosieWolf
April 20th, 2005, 06:06 PM
Girl allegedly poisons teacher with lemonade
Associated Press
Apr. 19, 2005 03:45 PM
TAMPA, Fla. - A 14-year-old girl was arrested Tuesday for allegedly poisoning her music teacher with lemonade spiked with marker board cleaner.
Betul Nettles, 34, became ill and was treated at a local hospital Friday, but suffered no other ill effects, police said. The middle school student was being held in the Hillsborough juvenile assessment center on a felony poisoning charge.
The girl told police she put the cleaner into the teacher's drink because she was angry Nettles wouldn't let her leave class to go to the restroom. Police said Nettles immediately knew something was wrong when she took a sip from the cup she had placed on top of a piano in class.
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Other students allegedly told detectives the girl spiked the drink as several students were crowded around the piano.
"They were good witnesses, but they did not try to stop her nor did they try to alert the teacher, 'Hey, don't drink that," said police spokesman Joe Durkin.
Associated Press
Apr. 19, 2005 03:45 PM
TAMPA, Fla. - A 14-year-old girl was arrested Tuesday for allegedly poisoning her music teacher with lemonade spiked with marker board cleaner.
Betul Nettles, 34, became ill and was treated at a local hospital Friday, but suffered no other ill effects, police said. The middle school student was being held in the Hillsborough juvenile assessment center on a felony poisoning charge.
The girl told police she put the cleaner into the teacher's drink because she was angry Nettles wouldn't let her leave class to go to the restroom. Police said Nettles immediately knew something was wrong when she took a sip from the cup she had placed on top of a piano in class.
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Other students allegedly told detectives the girl spiked the drink as several students were crowded around the piano.
"They were good witnesses, but they did not try to stop her nor did they try to alert the teacher, 'Hey, don't drink that," said police spokesman Joe Durkin.