A Florida man ended up in jail after dumping a container of eye drops in his nephew’s sandwich.
Last Wednesday, James Paul Leach, a 45-year-old man who lives with his nephew, went to a store to buy eye drops. However, his intention was not to use them to treat dry eyes.
During a verbal exchange with an employee, the man allegedly admitted to hating his nephew. He then allegedly opened a bottle of eye drops and happily poured its contents into a sandwich, reports the Law&Crime website.
Visibly concerned by what he had just observed, the employee warned Leach that the eye drops could harm someone if ingested. The man then allegedly replied that it was simply so that his nephew would “shit himself”.
He left the business and the employee quickly called the police.
Once there, they examined the surveillance images, which “clearly” showed the forty-year-old pouring the eye drops into the sandwich.
They were able to identify James Paul Leach and obtain his address from his history of purchases and deliveries made to the business.
Once at the man’s residence, officers warned the nephew that his food had been poisoned. The latter declared that he had only eaten a small portion, thereby refusing any medical treatment.
Leach, for his part, refused to answer the police’s questions and requested a lawyer.
He is currently being held in the Pinellas County Jail and faces a charge of poisoning.
