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Police Charge North Providence Employee Accused of Poisoning Coworker

NORTH PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, JUL 29 – Alessio D'Andrea faces poisoning charges after putting windshield washer fluid in a coworker's drink as a prank, causing the victim to require hospital observation, police said.

  • On July 28, 2025, North Providence Police Department arrested Alessio D’Andrea for allegedly poisoning a coworker at the Department of Public Works building.
  • During the last week of June, D’Andrea allegedly filled a Gatorade bottle with windshield washer fluid and placed it in the repair division fridge, witnesses say.
  • Realizing the fluid was not Gatorade, the victim spent 36 hours under medical observation, police say.
  • D’Andrea is now on unpaid administrative leave after facing felony poisoning charges and being arraigned at the police station.
  • Amid scrutiny of hiring practices, Human Resources Director Josh Hernandez called the failure to perform a background check in June 2024 'a failure of human resources', while Mayor Charles Lombardi described the incident as 'a joke that went bad'.
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WPRI 12 broke the news in East Providence, United States on Monday, July 28, 2025.
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