[library user]

I saw this on the local news this morning too (I live outside of Toledo, OH). But this is local news, not breaking national news.

[HangnJudge]

More at...

http://toledoblade.com/article/20101027/NEWS02/101029651/0/CAREERCENTER

...Police said they were called to Wineinger's home about 3 p.m. Tuesday by a woman who said she feared for her life, telling officers that the threat was coming from her husband...

...The woman then came out of the house and led them to the drugs that included what police said were mushrooms and a bi-product of the chemical ricin.

[Gadsden1st]

Handsome dude.
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/misc?url=/templates/zoom.pbs&Site=TO&Date=20101027&Category=NEWS02&ArtNo=101029651&Ref=AR

[lonevoice]

The perp was arraigned on drug charges at Toledo Municipal Court today. Bail was set at $100,000.

[worst-case scenario]

Any indication of what sort of mushrooms these were? Hallucinogenic or poisonous?

Maybe the guy’s been reading too many Agatha Christie novels. Those are exactly the sort of flora that her poisoners use.

[dead]

castor beans, used to make the chemical ricin

Does anybody just eat castor beans? Like a tasty castor bean salad?

Or are they just basically for making chemical WMDs?

[wolfcreek]

Risin

http://waynesword.palomar.edu/plmar99.htm#ricin

[MindBender26]

a cultivation of castor beans, used to make the chemical ricin.

Ricin is one of the deadliest poisons

[FarRightFanatic]

Picture of the perp:

http://www.toledoblade.com/article/20101027/NEWS02/101029651/-1/rss

[ExSoldier]

Whew, scared me. There is a Douglas Road here in Miami, FL too!