Razor Blades Found in Pies; Teen Is Arrested
From Times Wire Reports
The FBI arrested a teenager accused of slipping razor blades into three apple pies at the McDonald’s where he worked. A customer who bit into the dessert suffered a cut on the lip.
Adam Joseph Fontenot, 18, was arrested Tuesday and jailed on tampering charges. He could face 10 years in prison.
The incident occurred Nov. 24 at the restaurant in Eunice, 150 miles west of New Orleans.
Federal prosecutor James McManus did not say what the motive might have been, but he said Fontenot knew the victim.
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