California judge dismisses engineer’s poisoning conviction after probation2026-10-11An Alameda County judge granted David Xu’s petition to dismiss his felony poisoning conviction after he completed probation, despite prosecutors’ objections.Xu pleaded no contest to one felony poisoning count under a deal that avoided further jail time; a judge set his probation at two years.Rong Yuan’s hidden camera recorded Xu pouring a substance into her water bottle, and testing found cadmium levels far above the federal drinking-water limit.Yuan said she went public because she feared the dismissal would make Xu’s criminal record harder for prospective employers to find.'The system failed me.' Woman poisoned by co-worker speaks out after his conviction is dismissed (Los Angeles Times)Berkeley engineer caught on video poisoning coworker before she suffered horrific health problems (The New York Post)Woman poisoned by coworker at Berkeley lab releases hidden-camera video as he seeks felony dismissal (Fox News)La envenenó con cadmio durante dos años: una cámara oculta reveló quién era y ahora busca que se anule su condena (Infobae)Tras años de vómitos y consultas médicas, descubrió que un compañero la envenenaba en su lugar de trabajo (Los Andes)സഹപ്രവർത്തകയുടെ കുടിവെള്ളത്തിൽ വിഷം കലർത്തി; എല്ലാം രഹസ്യ ക്യാമറയിൽ പതിഞ്ഞു; ശിക്ഷ റദ്ദാക്കണമെന്ന് പ്രതി (Malayala Manorama)