Wyoming grad student accused of poisoning colleague's tea is arrested while fleeing to China

LOS ANGELES — A Wyoming microbiology graduate student from China has been arrested after accusations she poisoned the tea of a fellow student who had pending patents and with whom she didn’t get along, then tried to flee the country after police questioned her.

Aili Wang, 32, was arrested the next day at Los Angeles International Airport, where prosecutors allege she sought to return to China.

With her were laptops, electronic storage devices and documents now in the possession of police, who allege Wang was seen on surveillance video rummaging through the desk of the victim who specialized in research similar ...