No charges for worker accused of drugging officer’s drink

Utah police say they won’t be filing any charges against a sandwich-shop worker accused of drugging a police officer’s drink with methamphetamine and THC because they can’t confirm the lemonade was actually contaminated.

Layton Police Lt. Travis Lyman said Tuesday that initial lab tests showed a foreign substance in the drink from Subway, but those results couldn’t be duplicated.

Eighteen-year-old Tanis Ukena was arrested Aug. 8 after a police sergeant reported feeling impaired immediately after getting the drink.

Authorities said the officer, whose name was not released, struggled to find the brake pedal of his patrol car at a red light and couldn’t answer questions at the police station.

Ukena’s lawyer has said his client is a good kid who had no reason to target a police officer and didn’t put anything in the drink.