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Hackensack Woman Poisoned Acquaintance's Tea During Meeting Over Missing Money
Daily Voice ^ | 10/16/2026 | Cecelia Levine

Posted on 10/20/2026 6:56:49 PM PDT by simpson96

A New Jersey woman is accused of poisoning an acquaintance's tea during a meeting at a local restaurant to discuss suspicious activity in the victim's bank accounts, authorities said.

Rohweniven Bacani, 52, of Hackensack, was arrested Thursday, Oct. 15, following a weeks-long investigation into the Sept. 8 incident, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.

The victim had agreed to meet Bacani at the restaurant to discuss unauthorized banking activity she had discovered in financial accounts to which Bacani had shared access, Musella said.

When the victim arrived, Bacani was already there with a cup of tea waiting for her, investigators said. The woman drank some of the tea but stopped after noticing an unusual taste, authorities said.

She collapsed while leaving the restaurant and later woke up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there, Musella said. The victim remained hospitalized for several days following what authorities initially described as a serious medical episode.

Investigators later determined that Bacani had laced the tea with a benzodiazepine, a class of drugs that slows down activity in your brain and nervous system, commonly used for treating anxiety, according to the Cleveland Health Clinic.

They’re most often used for treating anxiety and related mental health conditions, as well as brain-related conditions like seizures. These medications are tightly regulated and are only available with a prescription.

acani was charged Wednesday, Oct. 14, with third-degree aggravated assault. Detectives arrested her outside her Hackensack home the following day. She was taken to the Bergen County Jail pending her first court appearance.

The victim is still recovering, authorities said.


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1 posted on 10/20/2026 6:56:49 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96

Sounds like something You Know Who would do...

2 posted on 10/20/2026 6:58:16 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96

If I were inclined to commit crime, I’d be scared to death that modern investigate techniques would foil my nefarious plans. I’m surprised she thought she’d get away with it. In the photo she looks to be very bright


3 posted on 10/20/2026 7:02:24 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (25 years on Free Republic, 12/10/25! More than 12,750 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: simpson96
Rohweniven Bacani

4 posted on 10/20/2026 7:03:22 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The right of the Democrats to embezzle elections shall not be infringed. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

she seems nice


5 posted on 10/20/2026 7:04:06 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: simpson96

Yes it does sound like Ms Clinton’s kind of mischief,
except Hillary would have Huma actually serve the Tea.
Huma would not know about the ‘Homebrewed Special Recipe Hot Sauce’.


6 posted on 10/20/2026 7:04:17 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: simpson96

Did the victim have a heart attack-ack-ack-ack-ack?


7 posted on 10/20/2026 7:06:55 PM PDT by x
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To: simpson96

One more in a long line of unassuming neighbors and seemingly nice women who were murderers at heart. There are dozens of stories like this, probably the most famous of which is Caroline Grills. The kindly old woman who poisoned eight relatives and neighbors by inviting them over for tea.

8 posted on 10/20/2026 7:07:02 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: x

You oughta know by now.


9 posted on 10/20/2026 7:12:01 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: simpson96

Thanking you very kindly for the hot cup of tea and rat poison.


10 posted on 10/20/2026 7:13:46 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Romani?


11 posted on 10/20/2026 7:18:18 PM PDT by ryderann
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https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-lm&q=is+Rohweniven+Bacani+a+romani+name


12 posted on 10/20/2026 7:20:45 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The right of the Democrats to embezzle elections shall not be infringed. )
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To: simpson96

The approved method is to put ricin in the stevia. It’s delayed death that just looks like a bad break.


13 posted on 10/20/2026 7:21:24 PM PDT by Migraine
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Then you call them when they are dying and gloat.


14 posted on 10/20/2026 7:22:49 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The right of the Democrats to embezzle elections shall not be infringed. )
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To: simpson96

Since Mrs. Clinton has a lot of free time nowadays, she should try to get cast in one of those Lifetime psycho movies. I don’t know what her acting chops are like, but has the face and personality for it.


15 posted on 10/20/2026 7:24:05 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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To: simpson96
Hackensack is about 11 miles north of where I grew in Keanry, NJ.

Myself and my friends roamed all over the marshy areas always finding discarded 55 gallon drums of God know what,

The old Erie Lackawana railroad ran though the area.

What a dump.

16 posted on 10/20/2026 7:27:36 PM PDT by jmacusa ( Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: Texas Eagle
> she seems nice

She's all yours; too orange for my taste.

17 posted on 10/20/2026 7:29:20 PM PDT by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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👏 👏 👏 well played.


18 posted on 10/20/2026 7:33:19 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: simpson96

This has been a method of murdering rivals in Islam.

((by wife))—Muhammad al-Jawad (d. 835), ninth Imam of Twelver Shia Islam; poisoned by his wife on orders from the new caliph.

((by enemies))—
Ali ibn Abi Talib (d. 661), fourth caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate and first of the Twelve Imams of Shia Islam
Hasan ibn Ali(d.670), fifth caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate and the second of the Twelve Imams of Shia Islam. poisoned by his wife, on the orders of Mu’awiya I.
Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz (d. 720), eighth caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate
Muhammad al-Baqir (d. 733), fifth Imam of Twelver Shia Islam; supposedly died after being given a poisoned saddle
Mūsá al-Kāẓim (d. 799), seventh Imam of Twelver Shia Islam.
Ardeshir Hosseinpour (d. 2007), Iranian nuclear scientist; possibly assassinated by Mossad with “radioactive poisoning” or “gas poisoning”.

Interesting one:
Khaled Mashal, leader of Palestinian fundamentalist organization Hamas; survived being poisoned by Israeli assassins in 1997 after two of the assassins were captured and an antidote was supplied by Israel in exchange for their release.


19 posted on 10/20/2026 7:37:07 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Photo....

If the “looks can kill” thing doesn’t work out then use the poison.


20 posted on 10/20/2026 7:37:47 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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