Woman arrested for putting poisoned juice in Starbucks

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San Jose, Calif., police say a local woman with no criminal record replaced orange juice bottles in a Starbucks cold box with tainted ones - and they are puzzled about why she may have done it.

Ramineh Behbehanian, 50, will face charges of suspicion of poisoning and attempted murder, police said.

The Starbucks, located on the 6000 Block of Snell Avenue in South San Jose, Calif., was evacuated Monday evening after a customer spotted a woman switching bottles in the cold box at the front of the store with those in her bag, according to police.

As the witness was notifying Starbucks employees of the woman's suspicious activity, police said, the suspect apparently overheard the conversation and fled the scene abruptly. A Starbucks employee was able to record the license plate of the woman's car.

The San Jose Fire Department responded to the scene after Starbucks employees examined the bottles and found the contents had a toxic smell to them, police said.

The bottles were tested with hazardous materials equipment and were found to contain a mixture of isopropyl alcohol, or rubbing alcohol, police added.

Later that evening, police took Behbehanian into custody after she was found to be the owner of the car leaving the scene.

"Right now, we do not have any indication of further threats," Sgt. Jason Dwyer, a spokesman for the San Jose Police Department, told ABC News. "We believe she acted alone and, so far, we have no further information leading us to believe that she was a part of a group."


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