The woman noticed an unusual taste in her tea before collapsing outside a New Jersey restaurant. She later woke up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there, prosecutors said
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- A woman met an acquaintance at a New Jersey restaurant to discuss unauthorized activity in financial accounts to which they both had access
- She drank some tea, noticed an unusual taste and collapsed while leaving the restaurant, later waking up in a hospital, per prosecutors
- Rohweniven Bacani, 52, was arrested on Oct. 15 and charged with third-degree aggravated assault in connection with the alleged poisoning
A New Jersey woman met an acquaintance at a restaurant to discuss suspicious activity in her bank accounts — but after drinking a cup of tea that was waiting for her, she collapsed and later woke up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there.
Rohweniven Bacani, 52, of Hackensack, has been charged with third-degree aggravated assault after allegedly poisoning the woman’s tea with a benzodiazepine, according to an Oct. 16 news release from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office…