Estimated read time: Less than a minute
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man accused of placing shards of glass in a shipment of Styrofoam cups to be sent to fast-food restaurants has pleaded not guilty.
The Bowling Green Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/2cNNUYg) 41-year-old Waylon J. Horton of Munfordville pleaded not guilty in federal court Wednesday to one count of consumer product tampering.
Horton was initially charged in July. Michigan-based Dart Container Corp. contacted authorities about possible product tampering involving Horton while he was employed by the company.
Dart Container President Jim Lammers said in a statement then that a customer received a shipment of cups contaminated with glass. Lammers called the incident a "deliberate attack" on Dart and not the result of a failure in safety protocols. Dart Container subsequently terminated Horton's employment and removed all contaminated cups from circulation.
___
Information from: Daily News, http://www.bgdailynews.com
Copyright © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
