The Nation - News from Sept. 25, 1987
A physics prodigy and former Princeton University graduate student was convicted in Newark, N.J., of placing a cyanide-laced teabag on the shelf of a supermarket near the school. Dragoljob Cetkovic, 32, was found guilty of product tampering and communicating false information in the Feb. 10 incident, which the defense said was part of a desperate suicide attempt. He faces up 15 years in prison when sentenced Nov. 10.
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