Joseph Ross: Milwaukee man spiked co-worker's coca-cola with superglue
Joseph Ross had been working at the Wisconsin State Fair Park exhibition centre. During an unrelated patrol, police officers were approached by a woman who requested to speak with them alone.
She told them that she suspected the drinks she left on her desk had been contaminated by some kind of chemical substance.
The woman said there was a strong chemical smell and taste, which was a giveaway, and after drinking some of the beverage, she was sick.
To get answers, the woman set up her own surveillance system, hiding a camera below her computer monitor to catch the culprit.
Sure enough, footage was captured of Ross putting a 'foreign substance' in her soft drink, Fox6 Milwaukee reported.
The complaint said that Ross was in possession of a small bottle/tube dispenser, and that the video showed him holding it above the canned drink.
Police interviewed Ross on the same day the woman made the complaint to them.
Ross then admitted to placing a 'supplement' into her drink.
Investigators searched his desk and found latex gloves wrapped up in a bundle. One glove contained a blue plastic cap, and the other contained Gorilla brand superglue.
Ross was then arrested.
He was charged with 'placing a foreign object in edibles' and pleaded guilty on Tuesday August 12.
He faces a fine of up to $15,000 and a maximum prison sentence of three years and six months.
He is scheduled to be sentenced on October 9.
Social media users were outraged by Ross' actions.
'Why would anyone think this is funny? It's not it is so disturbing,' one Facebook user wrote.
'Who, what, when, where and WHY?? WHY did he do this?' another commented.
Others said they will now think twice about leaving their drinks unattended at work.
'Oh no!!! That makes me think twice now about leaving my drinks in the refrigerator that are not new or unsealed from being new at work because you never know,' one user wrote.
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