Excelsior Springs

“This was a total accident. I asked at the police station before depositing the containers and was told it was OK. So sorry this caused any problems,” the Excelsior Springs Museum & Archives commented on the police department’s post.

Mr. Warner had persistent headaches for two days due to the exposure but did not need to go to the hospital and is now doing fine, Excelsior Springs Police Chief Greg Dull told KCTV-TV, the Kansas City CBS station.

A police officer in Missouri was exposed to arsenic and cyanide while emptying the Excelsior Springs Police Department’s prescription drug take-back box last week.

“I quickly started smelling a strong metallic smell and began sweating profusely,” Mr. Warner told WDAF-TV, the Fox affiliate in Kansas City, a half hour from Excelsior Springs.

In January, the Excelsior Springs Police Department said it was looking for 36-year-old Jaynie M. Crosdale as a potential witness in case.