Woman Is Said to Have Put Pills in Man’s Strudel
A woman spiked her neighbor’s apple strudel cake with medicine after learning the 82-year-old man was going to include her in his will, authorities said Tuesday.
“Luckily, he noticed the pills in the strudel before he got more than a bite or two of it,” said prosecutor Travis J. Barry.
Barry said Jennifer Clark laced the pastry with a nighttime pain reliever to try to hasten her inheritance.
Clark, 26, was originally charged with attempted assault. But under an agreement with prosecutors, she is expected to plead guilty to reckless endangerment at a hearing Nov. 22. The charge carries a sentence of up to six years in prison.
“The elderly gentleman was in a frail state,” Barry said. “She did this not knowing what the result might be.”
Clark, who recently gave birth, is confined to her home in Bath and is monitored electronically, he said.
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