A criminal complaint has been filed against a Winfield High School student for pouring urine into an ice machine April 30.
Tyler Eugene Conklin, 18, a senior, is charged with endangering the food supply, a class A nonperson misdemeanor. The penalty is one year in the county jail and a fine of up to $2,500, according to the complaint filed this morning in Cowley County District Court in Winfield.
Conklin has been “summoned” to appear in court at 9 a.m. May 27 as opposed to being arrested and having to post a bond to be released from the county jail.
The single count complaint alleges that Conklin unlawfully and knowingly exposed a processed food to a contaminate, to-wit: ice. The machine produced ice used at a tennis match.
Conklin did not return to school. School officials will not make an announcement whether he will be allowed to participate in commencement activities.
“He is still a student and that is a disciplinary issue,” spokesperson KayLynn Smith said Wednesday.
