Man Poisoned Co-Worker Just to "Mess With Him"

A man was arrested for poisoning his coworker's water bottle, but told police he was only trying to "mess with him."

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A Georgia man was arrested for allegedly spiking his coworker's water bottle with small amounts of weed killer, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. When confronted by the police, Anthony Dunton of Cobb County, Georgia said he did not want to kill his colleague, just "mess with him."

Dunton was charged with four counts of aggravated assault after hidden camera footage showed the 65-year-old man taking his coworker's water bottle on two separate occasions. He can also be seen wiping the water bottle to remove his fingerprints in one of the recordings. 

His coworker was the one who set up the camera after he noticed "his water tasted strange and foamed when he shook the bottle," according to the New York Daily News

Dunton confessed to the authorities that he mixed Roundup weed killer in his coworker's water bottle on at least four occasions. The NY Daily News also reports that the targeted coworker has been treated for kidney pain, but is otherwise okay.

[via NY Daily News and Atlanta Journal-Constitution]

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