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Woman drugs her veterinarian boss' coffee with tranquilizers


Erin Kelly drugged her boss by putting tranquilizers into his 
morning coffee.

Now why would anyone want to drug a veterinarian? Aren't they some of the nicest people we know? 

Erin Kelly, a 24 year-old cage cleaner at the Reynolds Road Animal Clinic in Bryant, Arkansas felt her boss, veterinarian John Duckett, "needed to chill out."

She took matters into her own hands and slipped some valium into his morning coffee this past Tuesday.

Poor Dr. Duckett didn't feel right and thought he was having a heart attack. An employee called 911 and he was rushed to the hospital. 

Kelly confessed to police that she had drugged her boss.

"We talked with her and she ended up telling us what happened, pretty much confessing," police officer Todd Crowson told local news station KLRT Fox16. “She actually admitted to putting a substance in his coffee which turned out to be a benzodiapine.”

Kelly was charged and is being held on $25,000 bail. She has another hearing set for April 21. 

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Helena Sung is a freelance writer. She lives in New York City with her 8-pound Yorkie mix, Jasper, who allowed her to adopt him from a shelter in...

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  • helptheanimals 2 years ago
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    Dr John Duckett a vet at Reynolds Road Animal Clinic in Bryant Ar. has been turned into the Arkansas Vet board for violently abusing animals trusted in his care as well leaving his own cat in his truck to suffocate to death. He is harsh with his employees and practices as a vet using cruel and abusive techniques. What Erin Kelly did was absolutely wrong without doubt, but there are other sides to this story that have yet to be told.

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