Subway store sues after worker cleared of drugging officer
SALT LAKE CITY — A Subway shop where a worker was cleared of drugging a Utah police officer’s drink filed a lawsuit Wednesday saying police waited two months to publicly disavow the headline-making allegations despite internal evidence the officer had no drugs in his system.
The Subway shop owners said officers in Layton, Utah, knew within hours that blood and urine tests were negative, but a police spokesman nevertheless continued to cite early tests indicating the possible presence of THC and methamphetamine in the officer’s lemonade. Those results were never duplicated.
“My life has been changed forever. It will never be the same,” said co-owner Kristin Myers. “It’s always going to be known as the store that drugged the cop.”
Layton City Attorney Gary Crane said the department had to investigate after the officer returned to the station with serious symptoms. Police couldn’t publicly declare the worker had been cleared until receiving the results of extensive testing from the state crime lab.