Man Charged With Poisoning Attempt At Sports Bar

August 23, 2022 4:15 am

PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – A local man is facing charges after police said he put heavy duty degreaser in his coworker’s drink while working at a Pittsburgh sports bar. The alleged poisoning attempt happened at Red Beards Sports Bar at 144 6th Street in downtown Pittsburgh. According to the criminal complaint, the manager of Red Beards walked into the Zone Two police station to report that one of his employees was possibly harmed by another employee. The victim told police that he normally drinks a lot of water during his shift but was drinking strawberry tea on the day of the incident, according to the complaint. The complaint also said the victim told police he left his drink in a holder at his work station and had left the station to possibly go outside. He noticed the drink smelled and tasted differently and had little white bubbles when he got back. He spit out the drink and dumped the rest of it after that. The drink left the victim’s lips burning, the criminal complaint said. The victim asked the manager to check security footage to see if anyone tampered with his drink. When the manager looked at the security video, he saw another employee, identified as Gregory Evans, pouring heavy duty degreaser into a cup and then dumping the liquid from that cup into the victim’s drink, said court documents. Evans is facing multiple charges, including criminal attempt homicide, various aggravated assault charges, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person.