Woman admits spiking boyfriend's dinner with 2 lines of cocaine

Cookman, 29, of South Bound Brook facing multiple charges

Mark Spivey

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SOUTH BOUND BROOK — A borough woman is facing multiple criminal charges after allegedly spicing up her boyfriend’s dinner with an unusual ingredient: cocaine.

Monica Cookman, 29, of Prospect Street is charged with poisoning, aggravated assault and possession of cocaine, authorities said.

According to an affidavit filed in Superior Court, Cookman’s boyfriend came to borough police headquarters at about 9 p.m. Friday to ask for a restraining order against his girlfriend.

The man told authorities that Cookman prepared his dinner earlier in the week, but when he started eating, his heart began racing and his throat went numb, the affidavit indicated. Investigators asked Cookman to come to police headquarters, where she gave a taped statement in which she admitted to putting two lines of cocaine in her boyfriend’s food, according to the document.

South Bound Brook Police Chief William King and other Somerset County law enforcement representatives called the case unusual, to say the least.

“That’s a new one for me,” King said.

The boyfriend wasn’t believed to have suffered serious injury as a result of the incident, King added.