UPDATE 05/10
Melody Johnson received a three-year probation sentence following her guilty plea in the attempted poisoning of her husband's coffee.
Craig Smith will have a full report this evening on KGUN 9.
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ORIGINAL STORY:
The woman accused of poisoning her husband's coffee pleaded guilty to two counts of adding poison or a harmful substance to food, Monday morning.
Melody Johnson accepted a plea agreement in Pima County Superior Court for the incidents, which were captured on home surveillance.
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Johnson told the judge she understood the plea and admitted to putting bleach into the water reservoir of a coffee maker, then using the device to make coffee for her husband.
The incidents happened in July of 2023.
Johnson will be sentenced next month. She faces prison, probation and a fine of $150,000.
