Colorado Man To Plead Guilty On Mailing Anthrax to US Congressman

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A Colorado man has indicated he wants to plead guilty to mailing fake anthrax letters to the offices of three Alabama Congressmen in January.

Jay DeVaughn, who has family in Alabama, is accused of mailing the threatening letters to the Birmingham offices of U.S. Senators Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions, and to the Anniston office of U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers.

DeVaughn filed documents in federal court Friday saying he would plead guilty to the three counts of false information and hoaxes in Alabama. The 41-year-old Denver man also said he wants his plea and sentencing handled by the federal court in Colorado where he also faces charges of mailing threatening communications and mailing false information.

According to an arrest affidavit, members of the Joint Terrorism Task Force observed DeVaughn place mail items into drop boxes at the drive-through mail drop box at the Wellshire Post Office, 2080 S. Holly St., in Denver on Feb. 22. Four suspicious letter envelopes were found in three mailboxes, the affidavit says.

The letters were addressed to the Argentine Embassy.

The sender was listed on the envelopes as a woman with an address in Parker.

Inside each envelope was a plastic sandwich bag containing a "white powdery substance and a single sheet of paper," according to the arrest affidavit. The paper contained more than 200 black-and-white photos of men and women.

"Por los Desparacidos" was written at the bottom of the paper, the affidavit says. The approximate English translation is, "For those who have disappeared."

On Feb. 8, the Argentine Consulate in Los Angeles received a letter containing white powder. That letter was postmarked Feb. 4 in Denver and had the same return address. It contained a message in broken Spanish that translated to, "What dirty fascists, you killed my brother and now you are going to die," the affidavit says.

A similar letter was received by the Argentine Consulate in New York City on Feb. 16. With the same return address and a Denver postmark, the letter contained a message that translated to, "Dirty Fascists; You are going to die like how you kill my friends, Pigs!" the affidavit says.

Since November, the Denver Joint Terrorism Task Force has been investigating white-powder letters sent to Denver representatives and senators. The letters were mailed from Colorado and were received between September and November.

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[Wilms]

1. Where'd you get the sensational headline?

You'd think somebody mailed ACTUAL anthrax.

Bad enough what the dude did. Don't be stirrin' up no terra-terra-terra 'round here.

K?