NY man pleads guilty to YouTube baby food threat
Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:21pm GMT

NEW YORK, Dec 18 (Reuters) - A New York man pleaded guilty on Thursday to posting videos on YouTube in which he claimed he had arranged to poison millions of containers of Gerber baby food with the intent to kill babies.

Anton Dunn, 43, who called himself "Trashman," pleaded guilty to one count of transmitting threats in interstate commerce and faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison, said acting U.S. attorney Lev Dassin.

Dunn posted his first video -- in which he wore a black mask -- on April 20, 2008, and followed up with a further two videos, posted on July 24 and July 27.

"In the video, entitled "gerbersbabyfoodalert," Dunn stated that Gerber employees acting at his direction had poisoned millions of bottles of Gerber baby food, to kill babies who ate it," Dassin said in a statement.

"Dunn further stated that it was "too late" to do anything about the poisoned baby food because it had already been shipped to consumers," he said.

Gerber, which is owned by Switzerland-based Nestle SA (NESN.VX: Quote, Profile, Research), found no evidence that anyone had tampered with its baby food.

Dunn will be sentenced on March 20. (Reporting by Michelle Nichols, editing by Anthony Boadle)

I'm always happy to read about these clowns and buffoons getting caught, arrested, and sentenced.......


just like those fools in NYC, bunch of wild girls beat up a man on the subway...posted the video..and got caught....


when clowns get traced back doing stuff like this it serves as a deterrent so that it won't happen in the future....


anybody that stupid needs to be castrated or made infertile so they can't reproduce.