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'An Orange County Sheriffs 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 Attorneys Office announced Friday.
Juan Tavera, a six-year veteran of the Orange County Sheriffs 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 sheriffs 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
(11,641 posts)is surreal & alarming.....
damnedifIknow
(3,183 posts)quite a few of these off the wall violations occur when Sheriff's deputies are around. I don't know.
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)I have been to third world countries where the cops weren't as bad as they are here.
Rex
(65,616 posts)nt.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,344 posts)My brother had his a/c ducts sprayed by a pig on his way home from the '68 Chicago convention protests.
thelordofhell
(4,569 posts)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
(65,616 posts)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
(4,569 posts).............
AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)the deputy telling other deputies, or dash-cam footage.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)sl8
(13,901 posts)"Pepper spray, also known as OC spray (from "Oleoresin Capsicum" ..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper_spray