The Nation - News from July 15, 1986
A man was arrested in Honesdale, Pa., on charges of knowingly communicating false information that a consumer product had been tainted, the FBI said. Norman Mark Allen, 21, of Honesdale called the Acme store in Honesdale twice over the weekend, saying Jell-O brand gelatin and instant pudding had been poisoned with cyanide, FBI spokesman Jim McIntosh said in Philadelphia. Allen faces a fine of up to $25,000 and a 5-year prison term if convicted.
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