Arizona Woman Who Tried to Kill Husband with Poisoned Coffee Gets Probation [Video]

An Arizona woman who was charged with attempted murder after she poisoned her husband’s coffee has been sentenced to three years of probation.

Melody Felicano Johnson, 39, pleaded guilty to two counts of adding poison or a harmful substance to food or drink last month, according to reports from CNN. Johnson’s attorney previously said that she admitted to putting trace amounts of bleach in her husband Roby Johnson’s coffee pot on two occasions in 2023, per local news outlet KOLD.

Pima County Superior Court Judge Javier Chon-Lopez sentenced her to three years of probation in addition to mental health treatment, citing a statement from her now-estranged husband that he did not want her to go to prison, per CNN.

She had already been in prison for close to a year after being unable to pay her $250,000 bond, the outlet reported. Prosecutors had requested a high bond because they considered her a flight risk, as she had recently …