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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R.I. town employee accused of poisoning co-worker with wiper fluid
A Rhode Island public employee was charged Monday with poisoning a co-worker by putting windshield wiper fluid in a Gatorade bottle. Alessio D’Andrea, 29, was hit with one count of felony poisoning, the Boston Globe reported. D’Andrea worked for the town of North Providence but was placed on unpaid suspension shortly after the incident. The victim in the case has not been publicly identified. They spent about 36 hours in a local hospital and con…

Rhode Island man charged with poisoning coworker with windshield wiper fluid
A town employee in North Providence, Rhode Island, has been arrested amid allegations that he put windshield wiper fluid in a Gatorade bottle, which a coworker later drank, NBC affiliate WJAR reported. The incident has been under investigation for several weeks, and police have now filed formal charges against 29-year-old Alessio D’Andrea, according to WJAR. He was said to be charged with felony poisoning. Police said that in late June at the De…
North Providence town employee arrested after allegedly poisoning coworker, police say
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The North Providence Police Department said a town employee was arrested after he allegedly poisoned a coworker at the Department of Public Works building in late June. 29-year-old Alessio D’Andrea, of Johnston, was charged with poisoning another. According to North Providence police, D’Andrea allegedly filled a Gatorade bottle with windshield washer fluid and put it in the fridge at the building’s repair division…
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