Teen girl tried to poison grandmother on Easter Sunday with TERMITE KILLER

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Tyt'ana Lisa-Nicole Johnson, 17, is charged with poisoning her grandmother Gaylon Moody and a friend
She will be tried on attempted murder charges as an adult
The girl was upset over losing her cell phone as a punishment

By Ryan Gorman and Associated Press Reporter

Published: 21:43 EST, 25 April 2014 | Updated: 08:51 EST, 26 April 2014

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A North Carolina teenager tried to kill her grandmother by dumping insecticide and termite killer into a pot of collard greens because the woman took the girl's cell phone, authorities said.

Tyt'ana Lisa-Nicole Johnson, 17, of Fayetteville, was charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder for dumping the chemicals into a pot of the greens being cooked by Gaylon Moody, 51, while she was at Easter mass.

A friend of the grandmother's also ate the greens. Both were treated at a local hospital and released.

You Only Live Once: Tyt'ana Lisa-Nicole Johnson will spend a significant portion of her only life behind bars if she is convicted on both counts of attempted murder

She was on punishment. I had taken her cellphone from her. She got mad because I took her cellphone from her, and she poisoned my food,' Moody stold the Fayetteville Observer. 'I'll tell you one thing: It ain't good to feel.'

The teen admitted to dumping the deadly poison in the food, police told the paper.

'We started feeling funny afterwards,' Moody said. '[The friend] and I started feeling very funny, started feeling numb from my waist up.'

Poisoned: Moody ended up in the hospital after eating the tainted food

Collard greens: The slow cooked leafy vegetable is a southern staple

The other victim told the paper everything he ate and drank 'tasted different.'

Both tried to drive to a hospital a hospital but couldn't make it.

'We were staggering like we were intoxicated, but neither one of us drank,' Moody told WRAL.

They were initially treated for a stomach virus, but found out the next day the symptoms were the result of being poisoned.

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The teen apologized for poisoning the other victim, he told the station.

'They got her locked up, but she needs help,' he said. 'Seriously, something's wrong with her. People don’t do that over cellphones.

Johnson is being held in the county jail on $500,000 bail. Jail records didn't indicate whether she had an attorney.

Under North Carolina criminal law, anyone 16 years and older is considered an adult. She stands to spend a significant amount of time behind bars if convicted.

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tm2002, Cols, United States, moments ago

Fair exchange -- A cell for a cell.

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Heliflyer, Greensboro NC, 20 minutes ago

Don't look like much, but gooood!

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Heliflyer, Greensboro NC, 22 minutes ago

Where do these people come up with these names???? T'tyanna? Epiphanee? D'rea'L'Rea? - SudsyS, Virginia Beach, United States, 4/26/14 10:21 People? Being a bit presumptive, eh?

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Heliflyer, Greensboro NC, 24 minutes ago

Would indiscriminate breeding breeding be an appropriate word here?

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Heliflyer, Greensboro NC, 26 minutes ago

Some that walk upright and talk are not human.

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Alesha Brandt, Tulsa, United States, 42 minutes ago

YOLO in prison! Unless you go back again and again then technically YOLALIP )you only live a lot in prison) which makes a really long necklace.

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jwing7, pueblo USA, 1 hour ago

She's living the dream!

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ShamedAmerican, Bluemont, United States, 1 hour ago

Nice society we have, eh? Almost a "great society". How is it working out? Thinking this wasn't MLKs dream.

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Bon Vant, Latham MA, United States, 54 minutes ago

this is " b l a c k society" they will kill each other over sneakers or even a bag of chips.

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Janelle, Maui, United States, 37 minutes ago

Bon Vant....you are too ignorant.

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urmom, los Angeles, United States, 2 hours ago

Yolo

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Kathy Allen, jacksonville, United States, 2 hours ago

Glad the grandmother is ok. I am surprised she was only 34 yrs old when granddaughter was born! very young grandmother.

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ShamedAmerican, Bluemont, United States, 1 hour ago

You don't know them like we know them...where was mom? Dad? How'd she have a cell phone? WHY? Wake up liberals - you don't know how to put this monster back in the box and "more free stuff" ain't doin' it.