Central Pa. woman gets 2-4 years in prison for poisoning boyfriend with eyedrops
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A central Pennsylvania woman will spend two to four years in prison for poisoning her boyfriend with eye drops.
Thirty-three-year-old Vickie Jo Mills, of McConnellsburg, was sentenced Tuesday. She had pleaded guilty to a count of aggravated assault.
State police say Mills admitted putting eyedrops into Thurman Nesbitt's drinking water 10 to 12 times since June 2009.
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Police say Nesbitt's doctor treated him for years for nausea, vomiting, blood pressure problems and breathing trouble until blood tests revealed tetrahydrozoline (teh-truh-hye-DROZ'-uh-leen). That's the main ingredient in eyedrops.
Investigators say Mills said she wanted Nesbitt to pay more attention to her.