{"id":106880,"date":"2025-10-15T10:37:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wife-charged-with-attempted-murder-after-allegedly-lacing-husbands-drink-with-poison-police-106880"},"modified":"2025-10-15T10:37:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:37:04","slug":"wife-charged-with-attempted-murder-after-allegedly-lacing-husbands-drink-with-poison-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wife-charged-with-attempted-murder-after-allegedly-lacing-husbands-drink-with-poison-police-106880","title":{"rendered":"Wife charged with attempted murder after allegedly lacing husband&#8217;s drink with poison: police"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/north-carolina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Carolina<\/a> woman is reportedly facing an attempted murder charge after police say she drugged her husband\u2019s energy drink in an effort to incapacitate him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cheryl Harris Gates, 43, was arrested last week after allegedly lacing her husband\u2019s Celsius energy drink with &#8220;prescription medications with the intention of causing a blackout condition or incapacitation,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/13\/us-news\/north-carolina-school-therapist-allegedly-drugged-husbands-energy-drink-after-researching-lethal-poisons-on-chatgpt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>according to<\/u><\/a> The New York Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gates\u2019 husband reportedly told authorities that on July 12 and Aug. 18, he became incapacitated and discovered a foreign, controlled substance in his drink. The couple lived separately at the time of the incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/connecticut-mother-charged-attempted-murder-after-allegedly-poisoning-husband-antifreeze\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CONNECTICUT MOTHER CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER AFTER ALLEGEDLY POISONING HUSBAND WITH ANTIFREEZE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/police-and-law-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Authorities allege<\/a> Gates performed several ChatGPT searches between July 8 and Sept. 29 to research &#8220;incapacitating&#8221; and &#8220;lethal&#8221; drug combinations that could either be consumed or injected, The Post reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Investigators reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discovered evidence<\/a> through online records that Gates allegedly purchased materials and attempted to carry out a plan to poison her husband. Upon searching Gates\u2019 home, authorities also found a capsule filling kit, syringes, medical droppers, medications and scales, according to The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/colorado-dentist-drugged-wife-years-before-alleged-poisoning-murder-friend-testifies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>COLORADO DENTIST DRUGGED WIFE YEARS BEFORE ALLEGED POISONING MURDER, FRIEND TESTIFIES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She is also reportedly accused of placing a tracking device on her husband\u2019s vehicle and breaking his window.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of her arrest, Gates was working as a pediatric occupational therapist at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, WBTV\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbtv.com\/2025\/10\/13\/school-therapist-tried-drug-husband-mecklenburg-county-documents-reveal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>reported<\/u><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The school district did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital\u2019s inquiry regarding her current employment status.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/texas-woman-accused-plotting-ex-husbands-murder-fentanyl-laced-chocolates-under-indictment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TEXAS WOMAN ACCUSED OF PLOTTING EX-HUSBAND&#8217;S MURDER WITH FENTANYL-LACED CHOCOLATES UNDER INDICTMENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gates is charged with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/homicide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attempted murder<\/a>, stalking, damage to property and contaminating food or drink to render one mentally incapacitated or physically helpless,\u00a0according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Mecklenburg County Sheriff&#8217;s Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital\u2019s request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a Monday court appearance, Gates was denied bond and is scheduled to appear in front of a judge on Oct. 30, WBTV reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital was unable to locate an attorney representing Gates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/wife-charged-attempted-murder-after-allegedly-lacing-husbands-drink-poison-police\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/wife-charged-attempted-murder-after-allegedly-lacing-husbands-drink-poison-police <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A North Carolina woman is reportedly facing an attempted murder charge after police say she drugged her husband\u2019s energy drink in an effort to incapacitate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-106880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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