Jury: Ardoch, ND, Man Didn't Slip Drug Into Co-Worker’s Drink
A jury in Grafton, N.D., has acquitted Ricardo Sanchez of felony reckless endangerment in a strange case alleging he dosed a co-worker’s coffee with a sleep-inducing sedative.By: Stephen J. Lee, Grand Forks Herald
A jury in Grafton, N.D., has acquitted Ricardo Sanchez of felony reckless endangerment in a strange case alleging he dosed a co-worker’s coffee with a sleep-inducing sedative.
Sanchez, 44, is from Ardoch, N.D.
According to the charges filed by Walsh County State’s Attorney Barb Whelan, Sanchez, slipped medication into a co-worker’s coffee while at work at the Forest River Bean Co., Forest River, N.D.
The medication made the co-worker sleepy, creating an unsafe work environment, according to the charge.
Sanchez was charged a year ago and pleaded not guilty last summer. He failed to show up for court in October and a judge issued an arrest warrant.
His jury trial began last Tuesday and ended Thursday, with the jury returning a not-guilty verdict, according to the offices of Whelan and of Sanchez’s defender, Rhiannon Gorham, Grand Forks.
Sanchez no longer works at the bean plant, a company employee said.
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