Mom accused of trying to poison her kids with lighter fluid

FAYETTEVILLE, NC (WNCN) — A mom tried to poison her two children over the weekend by putting lighter fluid in cream soda for them to drink, arrest warrants from Cumberland County say.

Octavia Robinson, 34, tried to poison her 6-year-old and 10-year-old sons on Sunday, according to arrest warrants from the Cumberland County Magistrate’s Office.

The arrest warrants said that Robinson created and allowed “a substantial risk of physical injury upon that child by other than accidental means by giving the juvenile lighter fluid for consumption.”

“As a mom I needed to do something,” neighbor Tracy Madison said.

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