An Arizona woman who admitted to pouring bleach in her husband’s coffee in an attempt to kill him has been sentenced to three years of probation.
Melody Felicano Johnson, 39, was charged with attempted murder and pleaded guilty to two lesser felony counts of adding poison or a harmful substance to food or drink, CNN reported. She faced up to two years in prison for each count but was sentenced to three years probation and mental health treatment.
Her defense attorney asked that she be sentenced to time served since she had been in jail for one year after being unable to pay her $250,000 bond. The bond was high because Johnson was considered a flight risk after recently purchasing a home in the Philippines, People Magazine reported.
When Pima County Superior Court Judge Javier Chon-Lopez gave her the light sentence, he cited her now-estranged husband, Roby, who said he didn’t want…
