Girl, 16, Charged With Trying To Poison Family

A 16-year-old girl has been charged with trying to kill her family by feeding them a dessert she made with floor cleaner, authorities said.

"(The father) told the wife while he was eating it that it tasted like Spic and Span (floor cleaner), but he went ahead and ate it anyway," Grant said.

The girl told a friend what she did and that friend alerted authorities. When police arrived at the home about 10:30 p.m., they found the family not feeling well and resting in bed.

A brother who did not eat the dessert took his family to get medical attention. Their condition was not known.

"Obviously, she wanted to hurt them," Grant said.

A motive was not known.

The girl has been charged with three counts of attempted murder. She was being held at the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice detention facility in Crestview.