Man Pleads Guilty to Poisoning Eight Transients in HB
By City News Service Apr 10, 2021 WESTMINSTER (CNS) - A 38-year-old San Andreas man has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four years in prison for poisoning eight homeless people in Huntington Beach, according to court records obtained today. William Robert Cable admitted 13 counts of poisoning, one count of inflicting injury on an elder adult, all felonies, and seven misdemeanor counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Cable videotaped the transients to get their reactions as they ate food laced with oleoresin capsicum, which prosecutors said was twice as strong as pe...