behbehanian on suspicion of attempted murder after the ploy was literally sniffed out by an alert customer and a sharp - eyed employee who took note of her car 's license plate number as she made a hasty exit .
a customer told a store manager what he saw , behbehanian fled .
ramineh behbehanian , 50 , was arrested on april 29 , 2013 on suspicion of putting rubbing alcohol into bottles of orange juice and putting them into a starbucks refrigerator case in south san jose .
behbehanian is facing attempted murder charges after authorities say she tried to sneak orange juice ... ( associated press ) in this april 29 , 2013 photo released by the san jose police department is ramineh behbehanian , 50 .
( san jose police department photo ) related stories san jose : woman arrested , accused of trying to sneak " poisoned " oj into starbucks fridge san jose -- an experienced corporate chemist and pharmacist from south san jose became an accused would - be killer on monday in bizarre fashion : by eschewing her vast expertise and allegedly making a crude mix of rubbing alcohol and orange juice that police say she tried to sneak into the display case of a starbucks just as it was filling with high - schoolers .
behbehanian is facing attempted murder charges after authorities say she tried to sneak orange juice ... ( associated press ) a california woman faces attempted murder charges after police say she tried to sneak orange juice bottles spiked with a lethal amount of rubbing alcohol inside a starbucks .
in this april 29 , 2013 photo released by the san jose police department is ramineh behbehanian , 50 .
other employees called 911 after noticing the bottles contained a " lethal quantity " of isopropyl rubbing alcohol mixed with the juice , dwyer said .
this person was heads - up enough and reported suspicious activity , " dwyer , who praised the customer 's quick actions . "