The Brief
- Chandler adopted a new ordinance making food or drink tampering a class one misdemeanor to ensure early police involvement.
- The law, which follows a similar move by Tempe, allows for up to six months in jail if the county attorney declines felony charges.
- While drink spiking isn’t a current trend in the city, the ordinance also bans attempts to spike food or drinks to act as a deterrent.
CHANDLER – The city of Chandler has adopted a new ordinance looking to punish those found guilty of spiking drinks. It follows a similar law passed in Tempe recently.
There’s already an existing ordinance and statutes making it a felony, but this would make it a class one misdemeanor. And that’s just in case the county attorney doesn’t press charges and make it a felony.
What we know:…