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Actress Indicted in Obama Ricin Case

Posted at 2:29 PM, Jun 28, 2013
and last updated 2013-06-28 14:29:32-04

2013-06-08T151732Z_961690753_GM1E9681S2U01_RTRMADP_3_USA-OBAMA-LETTER(CNN) — A Texas woman has been indicted and charged with mailing ricin-laced letters to President Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a U.S. attorney’s office in Texas said Friday.

She is Shannon Guess Richardson. The three-count indictment said she allegedly mailed three threatening letters around May 20 to Obama, Bloomberg, and Mark Glaze — director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns

Richardson was arrested on June 7 in Mt. Pleasant, Texas, and has been detained since that time. If convicted, Richardson faces up to five years in federal prison on each charge.