Man Accused Of Giving Homeless People Poisoned Food

SANTA ANA, CA — One San Andreas man is facing a litany of charges after giving eight homeless people in Huntington Beach food that contained poison, the Orange County District Attorney alleges.

In a release, the DA's office said 38-year-old Robert Cable has been charged with eight counts of poisoning and one count of inflicting injury on an elderly person both felonies. He also faces eight misdemeanor counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and an infraction for consuming alcohol or smoking marijuana while driving.

He was booked into the Orange County Jail on $500,000 bail. If convicted, Cable faces up to 19 years and three months behind bars.

Prosecutors allege Cable gave the victims food laced with oleoresin capsicum, a chemical stronger than pepper spray. The victims were seen in a video recording having seizure-like symptoms along with vomiting, difficulty breathing and stomach pain.

“These human beings were preyed upon because they are vulnerable,” Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said in a statement. “They were exploited and poisoned as part of a twisted form of entertainment, and their pain was recorded so that it could be relived by their attacker over and over again. The Orange County District Attorney’s Office and the Huntington Beach Police Department are committed to identifying any and all perpetrators responsible and getting justice for all of these individuals who were victimized in these attacks.”