Envelope Containing Ricin Addressed to POTUS Intercepted

A letter addressed to President Donald Trump that was intercepted before it reached the White House tested positive for the deadly poison ricin earlier this week, law enforcement officials said. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Saturday afternoon they are investigating “a suspicious letter received at a U.S. government mail facility” alongside its partners at…

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USPS: Dangerous mail – Sentence handed down for ricin mailer

A Mississippi man who mailed threatening letters laced with ricin to President Obama and other officials was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison May 19. James Everett Dutschke pled guilty to producing ricin and mailing the letters to Obama, Sen. Roger Wicker and Judge Sadie Holland in April 2013. The letters addressed to Obama…

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