A Starbucks barista is accused of spitting in a Massachusetts police officer's coffee that he had ordered earlier this year.
The incident involving the Medfield coffee shop and a Norfolk police officer happened May 25, WBZ-TV reports. The officer, who was in uniform at the time, alleges that a barista making his coffee spat into the beverage he ordered. The officer says he did not drink the coffee.
Although the coffee shop employee denies any wrongdoing, the officer claims store security camera footage shows the woman spitting in the beverage. In the video, the barista is seen putting the officer's cup to her face before continuing to make his coffee.
"The video clearly displays the woman taking the cup, and putting it directly into (her) mouth, consistent with somebody spitting into a cup," a lawyer representing the officer told WBZ.
A Starbucks representative says the company has been unable to corroborate the officer's allegations.
The woman faces criminal charges, including felony level distribution of food with a harmful substance and misdemeanor assault. She hasn't been arrested and will received a mailed summons to appear in court in January.
