AKRON, Ohio -- An Ohio postal worker faces charges after being accused of putting urine in the coffee of his co-workers.
Authorities said the co-workers caught him by setting up a video camera in their break room after they became suspicious.
Thomas Shaheen, 49, is charged with two misdemeanor counts of adulteration of food or placing harmful objects in food. He's due in court on Monday.
Shaheen works as a mechanic for the U.S. Postal Service in Akron. Prosecutors said he was unhappy at work.
His co-workers believe he poured urine into a coffee pot in a break room on July 5 and July 6. Authorities said no one was harmed.
Shaheen has been a postal employee for 11 years, Cleveland TV station WEWS reported. He is due in court on Monday.
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