R.I. metropolis worker positioned on depart after allegedly poisoning coworker

A metropolis worker in Rhode Island was accused of poisoning one other worker and positioned on depart Wednesday, in accordance with officers.

Alessio Dandrea, 29, an worker on the North Windfall Division of Public Works, allegedly put windshield wiper fluid in his coworker’s sports activities drink, WPRI reported.

North Windfall Mayor Charles Lombardi informed WPRI that it was his understanding that Dandrea allegedly added the fluid as “one thing juvenile” quite than to trigger critical hurt.

Dandrea, who has been working for the division since June 2024, was positioned on unpaid depart pending the end result of a police investigation, in accordance with WPRI. North Windfall’s Division of Public Works and Human Assets departments didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark Sunday.

Dandrea is at the moment out on bond following a 2023 federal investigation, in accordance with a assertion from the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace for the District of Rhode Island. He was charged with possession of an unregistered firearm silencer and unlicensed importation or transportation of a machine gun from international commerce.

Federal officers seized two firearm silencers and a “lightning hyperlink” auto sear, which turns a semi-automatic rifle into an automated weapon, in accordance with the assertion. The “lightning hyperlink” was present in an intercepted parcel from China addressed to Dandrea, and the 2 firearm silencers, together with six firearms, have been discovered throughout a court-authorized search of his residence.

Dandrea was later launched on a $10,000 bond supplied he obeyed all legal guidelines and acquired psychological well being remedy, in accordance with WPRI. North Windfall police didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark Sunday.