The Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office released a statement Friday in response to a customer's claim that he was poisoned after eating food from the restaurant.
Deputies said they initially responded to a report of a disturbance at the Taco Bell in Aurora on Jan. 15. The customer had apparently complained after he ordered food and a drink and was told that the soda machine was not working. The customer reportedly wanted the employees to give him a burrito in place of the drink. Initially, they told them they couldn't do that, but deputies said they eventually gave him a burrito.
Deputies said they discovered a"greenish-gray" substance in the taco the man bit into. A lab test confirmed it was rat poison, the sheriff's office said.
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