The story of Visine poisoning near Sacramento is making crime and court headlines in San Francisco.Police in Grass Valley say that a woman is recovering after her boyfriend put Visine eye drops in her drink, ABC News reported Monday.
Nevada County Sheriff deputies arrested Shayne Carpenter, 27, on Thursday. He was booked on domestic violence and poisoning charges. Sheriff investigators say that after a fight with his girlfriend, Carpenter put Visine eye drop in her drink. That caused her to feel sick.
Lt. Steve Tripp of the Nevada County Sheriff Department told KXTV News 10 that texting ultimately led to Carpenter’s arrest. His girlfriend became suspicious after finding texts on Carpenter’s phone to his friends about the alleged prank gone wrong. (KXTV video of the Visine poisoning case can be found here.)
“He was making texts to his buddies that if ‘She’s going to be talking crap then she’s going to be crapping,’” Tripp said.
Police say the girlfriend was feeling ill and after seeing the text called police.