Man poisons three with handshakes

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LANSING (AP) ? A man has been jailed on assault charges after a prosecutor, police officer and courtroom bailiff became seriously ill after shaking hands with him.

During a Dec. 21 court appearance on a traffic charge, John Ridgeway pulled out a vial of an unknown liquid, rubbed his hands with the contents and insisted on shaking hands with the three people, authorities said.

All of them got sick within an hour, suffering from nausea, headaches, numbness and tingling that lasted about a day. Two sought treatment at a hospital.

The FBI was running tests on the substance to identify it.

Ridgeway, 41, told the Associated Press in a telephone interview from jail yesterday that the substance was olive oil. He questioned whether the three officials were sick at all, and charged that the allegations were fabricated.
http://www.michigandaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/13/43c752191a290

 

[amoeba]

I wonder how he was not sick himself.

 

[lokiju]

Wonder if he got the idea from 24 season 1 I think

 

[FoBoT]

why is he in jail?

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
why is he in jail?

A man has been jailed[/b[ on assault charges

He probably was arrested and didn't make bail, or was considered too high a flight risk.

But yea, wonder why he didn't get sick himeself.

 

[aidanjm]

maybe it really was just olive oil

 

[OutHouse]

why didnt he get sick?

 

[Childs]

Who in the hell would shake hands with a guy who puts some sheit on his hands, from a vile no less?

 

[BriGy86]

people allergic to olives?

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Did anyone else read the title as "Man poisons three with milkshakes"?

 

[ElFenix]

the real secret is that all 3 had eaten lunch at the taco stand across the street

 

[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
the real secret is that all 3 had eaten lunch at the taco stand across the street

"In other news: 3 men were arrested for producing biological weapons...."

 

[boggsie]

He must have spent the last few years building up an immunity to iocane powder.

Originally posted by: amoeba
I wonder how he was not sick himself.

 

[marvdmartian]

I feel for the three guys that allegedly got sick, really, I do!

But this reminds me so much of Jason Lee, showing how to give "ass hand" (or whatever it was called) in "Mallrats"!! :laugh:

 

[Black88GTA]

Originally posted by: marvdmartian
I feel for the three guys that allegedly got sick, really, I do!

But this reminds me so much of Jason Lee, showing how to give "ass hand" (or whatever it was called) in "Mallrats"!! :laugh:

Lol, that's what I was thinking.

"Ahem, uh, Mr. Svenning seems to have come down with a sudden case of diptheria..."

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Citrix
why didnt he get sick?

because the allegations of illness are fabricated. if it were a poisonous substance the handshaker too would have been ill. can they not detect the poison if it was a poison that was absorbed into the handshakees systems?

 

[mercanucaribe]

Why would you shake hands with someone who just rubbed stuff from a vial all over his hands??

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: boggsie
He must have spent the last few years building up an immunity to iocane powder.

Originally posted by: amoeba
I wonder how he was not sick himself.

i was going to post that but couldn't remember 'iocaine'