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Woman Admits to Poisoning Boyfriend With Visine Drops
ABC News Blogs – ^ | 5 hours ago | Katie Kindelan |

Posted on 08/14/2012 1:39:29 PM PDT by BenLurkin

A 33-year-old Pennsylvania woman could spend the rest of her life in prison after admitting to police that she repeatedly poisoned her boyfriend with Visine eye drops for more than three years in a bid for his attention.

Vickie Jo Mills of Ayr Township, Pa., was arrested Thursday and charged with 10 counts of aggravated assault, 10 counts of simple assault and 10 counts of reckless endangerment after she told authorities she slipped Visine eye drops into the drinking water of her boyfriend, 45-year-old Thurman Edgar Nesbitt III.

Mills, who has a child with Nesbitt, told Pennsylvania State Police she put Visine drops, medicinally used to "get the red out" of eyes, into his drinking water 10 to 12 times since June 2009.

Nesbitt had been sick for years with symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and blood pressure and breathing problems, according to police. His doctor, Dr. Harry Johnston, alerted authorities in after detecting traces of tetrahydrozoline, a chemical found in eye drops, in Nesbitt's blood tests.

A follow up test at the police station showed Nesbitt had 49 nanograms per milliliter of tetrahydrozoline in his system, categorized by medical experts as "an extremely high level, according to the Record Herald newspaper.

Mills, according to an affidavit, "never meant to kill him [Nesbitt], only wanted him to pay more attention to her."

The 30 charges filed against her carry a maximum combined sentence of 240 years in jail and more than $300,000 in fines, according to the judge in the case, Magisterial District Judge Wendy Mellott.

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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: ayrtownship; getstheredout; pennsylvania; poison; thurmanedgarnesbitt3; vickiejomills; visine
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To: allmendream

that was about the kindest thing we used to put in our Senior Chief’s cup when he wasnt looking.


21 posted on 08/14/2012 2:48:26 PM PDT by Docbarleypop
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To: Docbarleypop

Yikes! When I was in the Air Force we LOVED our Chief Master Sergeant.

One night we were getting all our trucks ready for deployment - all our trucks had passed inspection by 10 am - yet there we were at 2 am still getting OTHER units trucks ready for inspection - our Chief explained that we were DONE and going home.

A Captain in our unit contradicted him and said that we could stay to help the other units, the Chief said “Captain, can I speak to you in your office?” they went back there for awhile and when they came back the Captain said “You guys are DONE and going home. All of OUR trucks passed inspection.”.

GO CHIEF!!!!


22 posted on 08/14/2012 2:58:15 PM PDT by allmendream (Tea Party did not send GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
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To: allmendream

I had many chiefs in the Navy, all but one I would still do anything before, but that one...taught me the meaning of “respect the uniform if not the man”


23 posted on 08/14/2012 3:02:03 PM PDT by Docbarleypop
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To: cripplecreek

LOL. Once I sprayed furniture polish on something and it accidentally got on the floor. My husband went flying, falling down while his flailing arms knocked pictures off the wall. He was unhurt, so it was very funny (not to him).

Furniture polish is deadly.


24 posted on 08/14/2012 3:10:10 PM PDT by Reddy (B.O. stinks)
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To: forgotten man

I used to hear rumors about flight attendants doing that, too. Never saw it happen, just rumors. I cannot imagine wanting to give yourself that kind of bad karma....not to mention what would happen to you if you got caught.


25 posted on 08/14/2012 3:23:02 PM PDT by ponygirl (Be Breitbart.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Saw the video that your picture is from on wimp.com and it’s a hoot, my daughter and grandkids liked it too.


26 posted on 08/14/2012 3:34:15 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again.")
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To: Pearls Before Swine
I think she looks a little bit like Margot Kidder.

I think she looks a lot like Clark Kent.

27 posted on 08/14/2012 3:35:10 PM PDT by Max in Utah (A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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To: BenLurkin

That drink must have been a real eye opener.........


28 posted on 08/14/2012 3:40:20 PM PDT by njslim (St)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks BenLurkin.
Autumn/Spring Romance

29 posted on 08/14/2012 3:47:24 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: datura

I think that would bug me.


30 posted on 08/14/2012 3:51:16 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: cripplecreek

I guess she didn’t take her pledge seriously.


31 posted on 08/14/2012 3:51:30 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: DonaldC

Yes, it was. At a poker game.


32 posted on 08/14/2012 3:57:04 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: BenLurkin

I hope she gets 240 years. Hope the judge isn’t swayed by her crying and apologizing. Too often women get far lesser sentences for the same stuff they’d put a guy away for no problem.


33 posted on 08/14/2012 5:34:31 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: BenLurkin

She’s nuts. I’ll bet she votes democrat.


34 posted on 08/17/2012 11:52:27 AM PDT by GOPJ ("Family: One of God's masterpieces." sign at Chris McMurray's bakery - Crumb and Get It)
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