Taco Bell rat poisoning

Authorities are investigating whether the rat poison was put into the customer's food at the Colorado restaurant.

It didn’t even add up,” the manager said. “That hospital said they had a patient who had possibly consumed rat poison in his food from the same restaurant. She also describes the man as a regular customer who has caused problems before.

The sheriff's office in Arapahoe County, near Denver, briefly shut down a Taco Bell and is investigating after a customer said his taco had poison in it.

Officials will test the substance found in the food “if necessary,” he said. Deputies were called to the Taco Bell on Sunday afternoon after getting multiple calls — including at least one from another customer — about a disturbance at the drive-through. “We don’t carry poison in the restaurant,” she told the station.

Authorities in Colorado say a man was hospitalized after he ate rat poison in his to-go order from Taco Bell.

Authorities in Colorado say a man was hospitalized after he ate rat poison in his to-go order from Taco Bell.

The Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office has not found any evidence that employees at Taco Bell put rat poison in a customer's food, and now deputies can not ...

Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office in Colorado is investigating how rat poison got into a customer's food who had been in an argument with Taco Bell ...

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There was rat poison in the food, but found no evidence Taco Bell employees put the poison in the customer's meal, investigators confirmed Friday.

"On (Thursday), investigators went to the customer's home and attempted contact with him, but there was no answer." By Friday, authorities had determined that there was rat poison in the food through lab tests, the Sheriff's Office said. The franchisee who owns and operates this location has informed us that they are working with local authorities in their investigation." The man also gave authorities permission to gather more evidence from his house. The man told officers that, after doing yard work and watching some TV, he ate his Taco Bell food at around 7 p.m. But later, the sheriff's office dispatch received a call from an area hospital at around 7:50 p.m.

Arapahoe County investigators say they have found no evidence that employees at a Taco Bell put rat poison in a customer's taco, as he claimed during a ...

"If the customer has any information that can help with the investigation into how the poison could have gotten into the food, we request he contact the sheriff's office." The customer had ordered soft tacos and a soda and when he reached the pickup window, he was told their soda dispenser was not working. After a bite, he said he felt a burning in his mouth and started to vomit. He called 911 and was transported to the hospital. 15, when deputies with the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office responded to the Taco Bell at 16700 E. Deputies learned that a customer in the drive-thru and employees had argued about an order.

Investigators with a Colorado sheriff's office have been reviewing video footage from a Denver-area Taco Bell where a man bought food and later fell ill.

Sheriff's deputies at the hospital saw a "greenish-gray substance" in the taco, and lab tests confirmed the presence of rat poison in the food, the sheriff's office said. "We don't carry poison in the restaurant," she said. The franchisee who owns and operates this location has informed us that they are working with local authorities in their investigation." On Thursday, no one answered the door at his home, the sheriff's office said. The man argued with workers until he was given a burrito to replace the drink. Police made the announcement after reviewing video footage from the Denver-area location where the man bought the food Sunday and later fell ill, the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office [said in a statement](https://arapahoegov.com/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2845).

A man in Colorado was hospitalized after getting sick from eating a meal from Taco Bell that allegedly contained rat poison.

ET): This story has been updated with the latest information from the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office that indicated there was "no evidence" the workers at the Taco Bell restaurant tampered with the man's food. In the statement on Jan. Officials did not identify the man and there was no information provided about the customer’s health. The customer asked for a burrito instead of the soda, and left with it. "If the customer has any information that can help with the investigation into how the poison could have gotten into the food, we request he contacts the Sheriff’s Office." Officials still have not publicly identified the man involved.