Woman Sent Cyanide to Senator, Police Say

New York Times ^ | 8/16/02 | AP

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REAT FALLS, Mont., Aug. 16 (AP) — A woman was charged today with mailing cyanide-tainted soda bottles to Senator Edward M. Kennedy, federal prosecutors said.

The woman, Tashala Hayman, 22, of Vaughn, Mont., mailed two bottles to Mr. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, on Aug. 1, the prosecutors said. They said she prepared another package with a tainted soda bottle to send to Prince William of Britain.

The package to Mr. Kennedy was found Thursday in the Capitol mail system. Tests found sodium cyanide in the bottles, officials said.

Ms. Hayman appeared in Federal District Court today and remained in custody, said a United States attorney, Bill Mercer.

She was arrested on Aug. 8.

In her trailer, the police said, they found the package to Prince William and printouts of the address of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democrat of New York.

Ms. Hayman faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of mailing a poison with intent to kill or injure.

[Houmatt]

With apologies to Julianne Malveaux.

Apologies? That black racist hatemonger does not deserve an apology. Only disdain.

[F16Fighter]

"What's the crime?"

Amateurism.

[SarahW]

I *would* suspect some disorder with delusions, such as schizophrenia, or a mania.

[Selara]

Dang. This is so layed out, down to a calendar??? If this were a movie, I would say that she was a liberal plant to make it LOOK like an attact by one of the dumbed down vast right ring conspiracy.

[CARepubGal]

Ha! I do encourage fat teddy to eat lots of carbs! Lots and lots and lots of carbs! The artery filling kind. The ones that help him float...Yeah! That's the ticket! heart Attack on a plate for the fat man. is that too much to ask?

[Cultural Jihad]

It is a shame that the people of Massachusetts think so little of themselves that the best they think they deserve is to be represented by a drunken lecher.

[CARepubGal]

Don't forget his nephew Joe the ex-gov or his excitable son Patches in Rhode Island. Maybe New England needs a refresher course in Self esteem.