Cabbie Accused of Tainting Food With Feces

Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:08:27 PM

DALLAS (AP) - A taxi driver is on trial for allegedly tainting baked items at the grocery store by sprinkling dried feces on the food. Prosecutors have store surveillance videotapes of two alleged incidents in July.

Behrouz Nahidmobarekeh, 49, is charged with two felony counts of tampering with consumer products.

Customers had complained that the fresh-baked items smelled and tasted like manure.

The defendant, who allegedly had a beef with the store over the way he'd been treated, faces punishment ranging from probation, to two to 20 years in prison.