A town employee in North Providence, Rhode Island, has been arrested amid allegations that he put windshield wiper fluid in a Gatorade bottle, which a coworker later drank, WJAR reported.

The incident has been under investigation for several weeks , and police have now filed formal charges against 29-year-old Alessio D'Andrea, according to WJAR. He was said to be charged with felony poisoning.

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Police said that in late June at the Department of Public Works, D’Andrea filled an empty bottle with the wiper fluid and put it in a shared refrigerator. Two other workers reportedly saw what happened.

Another worker ended up drinking from the bottle and realized it was not Gatorade, WJAR reported, adding that coworkers t

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