Letter containing ricin found at Pentagon
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https://kfiam640.iheart.com/ ^
| 10/2/2018 | KFI AM radio Los Angeles
Just reported on KFI Los Angeles AM640 via radio broadcast.
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Number of Ricin vs bomber media stories
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10/26/18 | Luigi
Does anyone know the number of stories that the MSM had of the ricin guy vs the bomber.
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Retiree made ricin, tested poison on neighbors
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WCAX ^
| 1 Dec 2017 | Jennifer Costa
. "The resident of the apartment in question is now involved with the criminal justice system and will not be returning to Wake Robin." Miller told investigators she researched ricin for months before harvesting 30-40 castor beans from plants growing on Wake Robin's property. She's
accused of using the beans to make ricin multiple times. The feds say on at least three occasions, Miller put the deadly powder in other residents' food and drinks to see what would happen.said.
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Suspected ricin detected in mail sent to Trump, Pentagon
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CNN ^
(CNN)An envelope addressed to President Donald Trump contained a substance suspected to be ricin and appeared to be connected to similar envelopes sent to the Pentagon, a law enforcement source told CNN.
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FBI: 'Potential presence of ricin' found in Minneapolis apartment
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KARE11 ^
| May 8, 2019 | KARE Staff
The FBI says test results "indicated the presumptive potential presence of ricin" in substance found in a Minneapolis apartment. On
Tuesday, a person was hospitalized after "unconfirmed reports of ricin" at the Dinkytown apartment building, according to the Minneapolis Fire Department. Minneapolis Fire says crews were called to 515 14th Avenue SE Tuesday afternoon on a report of a hazardous substance. Crews evacuated the apartment building and isolated the affected area, according to Minneapolis Fire's Twitter account. The fire department tells KARE 11 that one resident was transported to the hospital. "Central to the ongoing FBI investigation is how the...
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Man accused of making ricin, preparing "serious" act of violence [Germany]
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CBS News ^
| 2018-06-14 | ANNA NORYSKIEWICZ
BERLIN — Federal prosecutors in Germany have arrested a 29-year-old man for producing biological weapons at his home in the city of Cologne. Sief Allah H, a Tunisian citizen, is accused of using a coffee grinder to extract the deadly toxin ricin from castor beans. Ricin,
a biological agent 6,000-times more powerful than cyanide, has no known antidote. In a statement, authorities said they suspected him of preparing for a "serious act of subversive violence," but they stressed there was no evidence yet to suggest he was preparing for a large-scale attack or that he was a member of any...
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Package addressed to the White House containing ricin intercepted by law enforcement
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breaking911 ^
BREAKING: Package addressed to the White House containing ricin intercepted by law enforcement. The
package was addressed to President Trump. - CNN
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Law enforcement intercepts package of ricin mailed to Trump: report
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nypost.com ^
| September 19, 2020 | Laura Italiano
The FBI and Secret Service are investigating a package containing the highly-toxic poison ricin that was mailed to President Trump last week, CNN is reporting. The
package was intercepted by law enforcement, the report said. Two tests were done to confirm the presence of ricin in the package, law enforcement sources told the network.
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Reports: Package sent to Trump contained deadly ricin poison
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americanmilitarynews.com ^
| September 19, 2020 | Ryan Morgan
This is a breaking news story. Please
check back for updates as more information becomes available. A package containing the deadly poison ricin addressed to President Donald Trump was intercepted by law enforcement sometime this week, before it was delivered to the president, two law enforcement officials told CNN on Saturday. Two law enforcement officials also told CNBC about the ricin package that was addressed to Trump. According to CNN, two tests were performed on the package, to confirm the presence of the deadly ricin poison, and the FBI, U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are investigating the...
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Who is Pascale Ferrier, the woman accused of sending ricin to Trump?
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NY Post ^
| September 22 2020 | Lia Eustachewich
The Canadian woman charged with sending a ricin-laced letter to President Trump apparently tweeted a hashtag supportive of killing the commander-in-chief less than two weeks ago. Pascale
Ferrier, of Quebec, was arrested Sunday at the border crossing between Fort Erie, Ontario, and Buffalo, New York, after allegedly mailing a letter addressed to Trump containing the highly toxic substance, according to CBC News. She was carrying a gun at the time of her arrest at the Peace Bridge crossing, CNN said.
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Woman accused of sending Trump ricin charged in Texas
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AP via Houston Chronicle ^
| Dec. 15, 2020 | no byline
...A grand jury in Brownsville, Texas, on Monday handed up sixteen counts against Pascale Ferrier, court records show. The
53-year-old resident of the Montreal area is in federal custody in Washington, D.C. on similar charges, prosecutors said Tuesday. ...In September, Ferrier pleaded not guilty to making threats against President Donald Trump by mailing a package containing ricin to the White House after she was arrested at the U.S.-Canada border. A federal judge in New York denied her release on bail. Ferrier is also alleged to have sent ricin to six detention centers and law enforcement agencies in the Rio Grande...
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Utah man indicted over mailed ricin threats to Trump, officials
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MSN ^
| October 26, 2018 | MSN
A former US soldier has been indicted on seven counts for mailing letters to Donald Trump and senior US officials containing material related to the deadly poison ricin. Utah
resident William Clyde Allen, 39, "knowingly threatened to use a biological agent and toxin, specifically ricin, as a weapon," according to a statement from the Justice Department and the US Attorney's Office in the western state. In addition to Trump, Allen's targets included Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, along with the FBI and CIA directors and commanders of the Air Force and Navy. Allen was arrested on October 5 shortly after the...
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Pentagon: Suspicious substance in envelopes was castor seeds, not ricin itself
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AP ^
| October 3, 2018 | Robert Burns
A Pentagon spokeswoman says the suspicious substance found in envelopes turned over to the FBI contained the substance from which the poison ricin is derived, but not ricin itself. Dana
W. White, the chief Pentagon spokeswoman, told reporters traveling with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in Brussels that the substance was castor seeds. ADVERTISING
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Secret Service intercepts suspected ricin letter sent to Trump
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The Washington Times ^
| October 2, 2018 | S.A. Miller
The Secret Service intercepted an envelope suspected of containing ricin, a lethal poison, sent to President Trump, the service confirmed Tuesday. The letter was intercepted Monday, the same day ricin-laced mail was sent to the Pentagon. Another letter with suspicious white powder caused a scare at Sen. Ted Cruz’s campaign headquarters in
Houston, but the powder turned out not to be hazardous. The letter targeting Mr. Trump did not reach the White House, the Secret Service said in a statement.
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Envelopes sent to Mattis, Navy chief test positive for ricin
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New York Post ^
| October 2, 2018 | Yaron Steinbuch
Two envelopes addressed to Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson have initially tested positive for the deadly poison ricin at the Pentagon’s mail facility, according to a report. The
packages, which were delivered Monday, were intercepted before making it into the sprawling headquarters of the Defense Department in Virginia near Washington, DC, spokesman Chris Sherwood said Tuesday.
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16-year-old boy admits trying to buy killer poison 30 times deadlier than ricin...
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Daily Mail ^
| 4/9/15 | JENNIFER NEWTON
A 16-year-old boy has admitted trying to buy a biological toxin that is 30 times more deadly than ricin from undercover police on the 'dark web'. The
teenager from Mossley, Greater Manchester, who cannot be named for legal reasons, wanted to obtain abrin online. He was caught after an investigation was launched by the North West counter-terrorism unit in January. Today he pleaded guilty to trying to buy the toxin at Manchester Youth Court. He will be sentenced later this month for the offence, which is contrary to the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 and Section 1 of the Biological Weapons...
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Suspect alleged to have mailed ricin to President Trump taken into custody in Utah
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WJLA ^
| 10-3-2018 | Jennifer Weaver
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) -- An individual suspected of mailing ricin to President Donald Trump has been taken into custody, according to Police Cpt. Tyson Budge of the Logan Utah Police Department. The Herald Journal reported that the city of Logan and the Utah Highway Patrol are closing streets in the nearby
area for investigation purposes.
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Woman accused of mailing ricin to Trump identified as Pascale Ferrier
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NY Post ^
| September 22, 2020 | Yaron Steinbuch
The Canadian woman accused of sending a letter containing ricin to President Trump has been identified as Pascale Ferrier of Quebec, authorities said. Ferrier
was taken into custody Sunday by US Customs and Border Protection agents at the Peace Bridge border crossing near Buffalo, New York, where she is expected to appear in federal court to face charges... Ferrier had been living in the US last year and was arrested in Mission, Texas, in March 2019 for using a fake driver’s license, according to court records cited by the news outlet. She pleaded not guilty and spent 20 days in...
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FEMA: Ohio emergency responders were exposed to deadly toxin [Ricin]
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WHIO ^
| 12/22/2016
[H]undreds of Ohio emergency responders were exposed to a potentially fatal toxin while training at a FEMA facility in Alabama. The federal agency released a statement Wednesday saying that they have received no reports of illness as a result of the ricin exposure. Ricin
is a poison found naturally in castor beans that kills cells by preventing them from creating protein. Exposure to the toxin can lead to death.
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Woman accused of mailing ricin to Trump identified as Pascale Ferrier
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NY Post ^
| 09/22/2020 | Yaron Steinbuch
The Canadian woman accused of sending a letter containing ricin to President Trump has been identified as Pascale Ferrier of Quebec, authorities said. Ferrier
was taken into custody Sunday by US Customs and Border Protection agents at the Peace Bridge border crossing near Buffalo, New York, where she is expected to appear in federal court to face charges. She was supposed to appear in court Monday, but her appearance was delayed until Tuesday afternoon, according to a spokesperson for the US Attorney’s Office, according to the CBC.
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