Texas man investigated over ricin letters to Obama, Bloomberg

[Robb]

Source: Reuters

U.S. authorities are investigating a Texas man over threatening letters containing a deadly poison mailed to U.S. President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a law enforcement official said on Friday.

(snip)

Those letters were postmarked May 20 from Shreveport, Louisiana, according to an official briefed on the investigation. They referred to the debate over the nation's gun laws and also were sent to Bloomberg's gun control group in Washington, D.C. Initial tests showed they contained ricin.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/31/us-usa-obama-letter-idUSBRE94T0VL20130531

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Another law-abiding gun owner, doubtless.

[tularetom]

1. So they're just "investigating" him?

Good thing for him he was only trying to kill the President of the US and not doing something serious like protesting with Occupy Wall Street. Because then they probably would have busted his head open instead of only investigating him.

[blkmusclmachine]

5. You know that's true.

[awoke_in_2003]

6. Just goes to show who really runs this country. nt

[former9thward]

25. They just released him.

Try again.

[hack89]

2. No - just a fucking nut case. nt

[Robb]

7. Your buddies at the NRA inspired him.

They're as culpable as American Coalition of Life Activists and Advocates for Life Ministries were.

[hack89]

8. So you have all the details that are not in the OP?

his name, his criminal history, his medical history?

Or are you just pulling it out of your ass again based on your hatred of all things guns?

[CokeMachine]

14. It must be really boring in the bansalot group.

IMHO, it's option #2.

[former9thward]

26. They just released him.

Try again.

[HooptieWagon]

30. Turns out its a she. Inspired by the Screen Actors Guild, no doubt.

The guy was released. No known connection with NRA. However, his actress ex-wife was arrested. Shes def a member of the SAG. Obviously, thats a stronger connection than the NRA.

[Gregorian]

3. Please tell me he's a Liberace impersonator.

[Archae]

4. I wonder what his Freeper name is?

[former9thward]

27. Ask his wife.

She is the one who did it. Try again.

[blkbear]

9. Good Guy With A Gun ?

I wonder if this is one of those 'Good guys with a gun' that Wayne Lapierre drools over.

[FlaGranny]

10. Hah! Whoever

sent those letters is too dumb to realize that he is pinpointing just why psychological tests might be necessary for some gun owners, or at the least, thorough background investigations.

[tblue]

12. I don't think he made a very good case

for not having stricter gun laws. He's the poster child for psychological testing (and biannual retesting) and background checks. He did more for the cause than Newtown. Hopefully.

[cynzke]

13. Well....

It certainly concerned his wife. Especially how willing he was to sacrifice up his family.

[former9thward]

28. They just arrested the wife.

I guess it really did concern her.

[Robb]

11. Bloomberg statement:

One of the letters "obviously referred to our anti-gun efforts, but there's 12,000 people that are going to get killed this year with guns and 19,000 that are going to commit suicide with guns, and we're not going to walk away from those efforts," said Bloomberg, adding that he didn't feel threatened.

http://www.wtsp.com/news/national/article/319466/81/Texas-couple-blames-each-other-for-ricin-laced-letters

[Auntie Bush]

15. The sender of those Ricin letters needs to charged with terrorism!

[Crabby Appleton]

21. Yes, she should

among other charges

[KinMd]

16. One report I heard says his wife tipped off the authoridies

..he's saying she sent the letters to set him up...this could be entertaining

[maddezmom]

17. Yeah, he has been released

http://mobile.rawstory.com/therawstory/#!/entry/texas-ricin-letter-suspect-says-actress-wife-is-trying-to,51aa4e72da27f5d9d0d353ca

http://everythinglubbock.com/fulltext?nxd_id=189722

[hack89]

19. His wife was just arrested

she sent the letters.

[hack89]

18. Absolutely nothing to do with gun owners.

his wife set him up - they are going through a nasty divorce.

You wouldn't be so gullible if you could put aside your anti-gun biases - it would at least reduce the number of embarrassing knee jerk responses like this:

Another law-abiding gun owner, doubtless.

[Judi Lynn]

20. Authorities: Texas actress arrested in President Obama, NYC Mayor Bloomberg ricin case

Authorities: Texas actress arrested in President Obama, NYC Mayor Bloomberg ricin case
Posted: 4:08 PM
Last Updated: 11 minutes ago

•By: DANNY ROBBINS and ADAM GOLDMAN, AP

DALLAS - A pregnant Texas actress who told FBI agents her husband had sent ricin-tainted letters to President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been arrested for orchestrating the scheme herself, a law enforcement official said Friday.

It was not immediately clear what charges would be filed against Shannon Guess Richardson of New Boston, Texas, a mother of five who has played bit roles in television shows. She was arrested around noon Friday, said Davilyn Walston, spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney's office in the eastern district of Texas.

Walston declined further comment, saying she wasn't in position to provide details. The FBI in Dallas declined immediate comment.

FBI agents wearing hazardous material suits were seen going in and out of her house Wednesday in New Boston, about 150 miles northeast of Dallas near the Oklahoma and Arkansas borders. Officials have said the search was initiated after Richardson contacted the FBI and implicated her husband, Nathaniel Richardson.

An attorney for Shannon Richardson, 36, couldn't immediately be found.

John Delk, who represents Nathaniel Richardson, told the AP on Thursday that his client had filed for divorce and may have been set up by his wife. He said his client was cooperating with authorities investigating the letters, which were sent last month to Bloomberg, his Washington gun-control group and the White House threatening violence against gun-control advocates.

More:
http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/national/authorities-texas-actress-arrested-in-president-obama-nyc-mayor-bloomberg-ricin-case#ixzz2VZ2G9sdG

[GreenStormCloud]

22. You are very fast to judge an innocent man as guilty. N/T

[ileus]

23. He's probably an NRA member for sure.

Hard to tell what his beef with the government may be...

[HooptieWagon]

24. He didn't do it, his actress ex-wife did.

She tried to frame him. Maybe we should blame the Screen Actors Guild?

[kysrsoze]

29. Funny how they tart her acting stats up forpublicity's sake

Filmography:

The Walking Dead Zombie
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