Posted on 03/17/2020 11:15:50 AM PDT by Red Badger
She faces charge of willfully poisoning food
A former McDonald's worker has been ordered to stand trial on a felony charge of willfully poisoning food after she allegedly spit on a hamburger before serving it to a police officer.
Tatyana Hargrove, then 21 years old, was arrested last November in Bakersfield, California, and is due in court March 23.
She is accused of rubbing a hamburger bun on the floor of the restaurant and then spitting in it while preparing an order for a uniformed police officer using the drive-thru, KGET-TV reported.
Hargrove also allegedly shouted, "Black lives matter" and "f*** the pigs!" during the incident.
The investigating officer, Deputy Carly Snow, testified that Hargrove admitted to yelling the insults because she knew the burger was going to be served to a police officer, according to testimony from a preliminary hearing.
The officer who was served and shouted at reportedly did not become ill from eating the burger.
During the preliminary hearing, Hargrove's attorney, Lexi Blythe argued that there is insufficient evidence to prove her client willfully mingled poison or harmful substances with food, as the felony charge requires.
Blythe said that it's unknown when the last time chemical cleaning products were used on the floor and that Hargrove's back was turned away from the surveillance camera when the alleged crime was committed.
The prosecutor in the case, Gina Pearl, argued that another McDonald's employee heard Hargrove drawing saliva into her mouth while she prepared the order, and that Hargrove can be seen wiping her mouth afterward, according to surveillance video.
When asked if saliva can be considered a harmful substance, Pearl said, "My position is saliva is absolutely a harmful substance. Look [at] what's going on in the world right now with coronavirus," according to Bakersfield.com.
Prior to the November 2019 incident, Hargrove claimed to be the victim of police brutality in a lawsuit filed against the Bakersfield Police Department in 2017. The suit went to a trial but the jury ultimately sided with the police department.
People messing with food or even worse, telling people they have COVID-19 while they cough on them, is going to be a very dangerous thing to do, in the future.
This will stop when we are serious about time in jail
I know many cops in the NYPD that always bring their lunch or only patronize small family owned businesses in which they know the owner and all employees personally.
Judging from the photo I just saw of her with her Lawyer, she has other issues. Suspenders and neck tie aren’t a fashion statement that I know of for feminine women.
Yes, just like the old DINERS, of yesteryear...................
On the bright side, our police officers have the strongest antibodies in the country!
She looks 14...........................
Smart move.....................
I looked in google-images, although there really was no need to.
black lives matter really means “hate the cops.”
She’s been channeling Maxine Waters.
Where’s my Special Sauce?
Spitting in the burger is old hat. She got extra creative by rubbing the bun on the floor. The Cop ate it without noticing anything BUT the spitter was caught on MacDonald’s surveillance cameras.
So now she is up on charges.
If the judge had a sense of humor, in addition to her time in prison, every weekday she should have to attend an hour long anger management class.
What kind of name is Tatyana?
Probably had a felony record already.
Amish!
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