Dunkin' Donuts Workers Arrested For Urinating, Spitting In Coffee

[matcom]

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HYANNIS - Two Dunkin' Donuts employees face criminal charges for spitting and urinating in coffee they served to patrons of the North Street shop where they worked, authorities said.

A six-day investigation by Barnstable police - who thought fellow officers might have swilled the spiked joe - led to felony charges against Rodrigo Rodrigues, 22, of Centerville and Junior DaSilva, 26, of Hyannis, who worked at the Dunkin' Donuts at 149 North St.

Each faces one count of distributing food intended or expected to cause injury.

The men are free on bail after arraignment in Barnstable District Court this week. They were arrested Feb. 3.

Police began asking questions on Jan. 29, after an anonymous tipster said the store manager was ''SPITTING and putting URINE in POLICE OFFICERS COFFEE,'' according to a police report filed in court.

Rodrigues was the store's manager, police said.

At least one doughnut shop employee told police she heard DaSilva threaten to spit in a customer's coffee and heard Rodrigues encourage him.

On one occasion, the woman heard DaSilva ''make a spitting sound while the coffees were in front of him,'' then saw him serve the drinks to a customer, according to the police report.

The woman did not see DaSilva spit in the coffee, the report says.

The day before DaSilva's arrest, he told police he witnessed Rodrigues spit in a customer's coffee, put a lid on the cup, then shake it. DaSilva then gave the cup to a customer at the drive-through window, police said.

On another occasion, DaSilva pretended to spit in the coffee of patrons who said their order wasn't filled properly, he told police. But he said he knew nothing about coffee with urine added to it, police said.

Police do not identify anyone as having directly observed any employee of the coffee shop urinating in coffee.

http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/coffeetampering11.htm

[BikeWriter]

1. Lynching is too good for them.

[tjdee]

2. That's what I was going to say, how didn't they know...

When I go to DD, I stand there and watch them make the coffee.

I guess it's different if you're going through the drive-thru.

Gross.

But, I am probably going to DD today! :yum:

[tjwmason]

3. One small point.

"Each faces one count of distributing food intended or expected to cause injury."

How would spit or urine cause injury?

It's utterly disgusting, of course, but as far as I'm aware utterly physically harmless.