Mysterious Pill in Pasta Order Alarms Home Depot Employees

Although the season of giving has since passed, employees at received a special delivery on Christmas Eve that caused a bit of tension for employees. 

During the afternoon of Dec. 24, employees at Home Depot ordered pizza and pasta from , N81W15086 Appleton Ave., for some lunch. About eight employees dug into a pasta dish they ordered, only to later discover a mysterious red pill that was partly dissolved within the pasta after they ate from it.

Alarmed, and not sure what the pill contained, employees contacted the to investigate the incident. Officers received the call at approximately 1 p.m., and later contacted the 39-year-old delivery driver who dropped off the meal, according to a MFPD incident report. 

The man told police he was in the process of taking over-the-counter Excedrin tension and migraine pain reliever pills and accidently spilled several while he was driving. The man said he collected the pills that spilled throughout the interior of his vehicle, but was unaware that one landed into a pasta dish.

According to police, the incident did not appear to be intentional and no citations were issued. However, the mysterious red pill likely caused more headaches than it cured that afternoon.