OC Deputy Is Accused of Pepper Spraying Teen's Pizza

[damnedifIknow]

'An Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy is facing jail time after being accused of pepper spraying a teen's pizza without his knowledge during a traffic stop last year, the OC District Attorney’s Office announced Friday.

Juan Tavera, a six-year veteran of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department at the time of the alleged crime, faces one year in jail if convicted of spraying the pizza and ultimately sickening five people who ate it, according to a release by the DA's office.

Tavera, 30, allegedly pulled over a 19-year-old named as John Doe for a traffic violation on Sept. 8, 2012, when he noticed a pizza in the back seat and pepper sprayed it without the teen noticing, the release stated.

The teen returned home to share the pizza with four friends, and all five people became sick as a result of ingesting the pepper spray-contaminated pie. He became suspicious and notified the sheriff’s department of his earlier interaction with the deputy, the DA's office said."

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/OC-Deputy-Accused-Pepper-Spraying-Teens-Pizza-218209672.html

[think]

1. The constant violations of the law by law enforcement

is surreal & alarming.....

[damnedifIknow]

4. I've noticed that

quite a few of these off the wall violations occur when Sheriff's deputies are around. I don't know.

[AgingAmerican]

2. God complex

I have been to third world countries where the cops weren't as bad as they are here.

[Rex]

3. YAY COPS!

nt.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

5. Oldest trick in the book.

My brother had his a/c ducts sprayed by a pig on his way home from the '68 Chicago convention protests.

[thelordofhell]

6. This is a tough one........who to believe, Cop or Teenager??

Did the cop do this and the teen didn't notice.........or did the teen notice and him and his friends ate the pizza anyway on a "Jackass" dare.............

[Rex]

7. First intentions, without the pepper spray none of this would have happened.

If they noticed it, then they were smart to eat it and throw up imo. Leaving it alone as evidence, would mean it would magically go *poof* as a perishable product.

[thelordofhell]

8. Added extra "sarcasm" on OP

.............

[AnotherMcIntosh]

9. Since the DA is involved, there must have been evidence such as residue on the pizza box,

the deputy telling other deputies, or dash-cam footage.

[Fumesucker]

10. Ahem..

[sl8]

11. "OC" Deputy, indeed

"Pepper spray, also known as OC spray (from "Oleoresin Capsicum&quot ..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper_spray