ROANOKE TIMES 

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, September 18, 1993                   TAG: 9309180073
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: HOUSTON                                LENGTH: Short

WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO NEEDLE IN CAN HOAX

A woman who reported finding sewing needles in a can of Coca-Cola at the height of a hoax over foreign objects in soft-drink cans pleaded guilty Friday to tampering.

Deborah Sue McGuire told police in June that she opened a can of Coke and found nine sewing needles. She pleaded guilty to a federal charge of making a false statement about product tampering.

McGuire, 39, of Houston faces a fine of up to $250,000 and up to five years in prison.

Not one of hundreds of reports filed in June of syringes in mostly Pepsi cans turned out to be authentic. - Associated Press 


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