CHUG-A-LUG" - WITH CRUZ

PARIS, TX,  – TED CRUZ, 43, Pleaded no contest Thursday to felony charges of tampering after he urinated in a bottle of soda that was later drunk by a customer who became violently sick.

CRUZ was taken into custody after the short hearing before Magisterial District Judge, Ronald J. Haggerty Senior. He will be sentenced at a later date, The Dallas Morning News reported.

CRUZ’S attorney said he is hopeful his client will receive less than a year in the county jail.

 CRUZ was at a Tea Party rally near Paris, Texas when the incident occurred last week. The victim, a supervisor with a local construction company, became suspicious of the drink after he chugged it and vomited three or four times.