LANSING, Mich. -- A man has been jailed on assault charges after a prosecutor, police officer and courtroom bailiff became seriously ill after shaking hands with him. During a Dec. 21 court appearance on a traffic charge, John Ridgeway pulled out a vial of an unknown liquid, rubbed his hands with the contents and insisted on shaking hands with the three people, authorities said. All of them got sick within an hour, suffering from nausea, headaches, numbness and tingling that lasted about a day. Two sought treatment at a hospital. The FBI was running tests on the substance to identify it. Ridgeway, 41, told officials the vial contained olive oil, according to prosecutor Keith Kushion. He was not the prosecutor who fell ill. "I have never seen the likes of this," Kushion said. "Nobody else has, either." Neither Ridgeway nor his attorney immediately returned calls for comment. Ridgeway could get up to six years in prison if convicted. Thats some potent olive-oil You know, if he could only have infected more people, this could have been an even bigger tragedy than SARS and ANTHRAX combined! Plus this has the added advantage of actualy being real! Shaking hands is bad, mm'k?
wow .... olive oil... lol olive oil.... kinda crazy what your mind can make you do when tricked. That guy should be given a high five maybe? after he washes his hands i suppose
Yes, no chance that he was lying about it being olive oil. Definately not a typical incident, though, that's for sure. A bit worrysome
Ok, so interesting question... Did the guy jailed become ill? no matter how you slice it, he had a MUCH larger exposure to whatever it was. Unless the guy who rubbed it on his hands is somehow immune to the effects of whatever it was. Love to see a follow up to this one
The extreem upper left corner of the continetal US, 30 odd miles from Puget Sound, and less than 5 from Canada.
