Man Charged After Placing Substances Into Returned Items

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania man is accused of putting people at risk by placing unidentified substances into consumer product packaging and returning the items to retail stores. Police charged 58-year-old Robert Keith Burns of Mechanicsburg Wednesday with reckless endangerment, theft by deception and criminal mischief. The arrest affidavit says Burns wouldn’t tell investigators what materials were put inside of packaging for beauty aids and medication returned to stores or recovered from his home.