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10-30-2008, 09:45 AM
SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- A California man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of sending hoax letters labeled "anthrax" to scores of media outlets, the FBI said Wednesday, warning that many of the threats may still be in the mail.
Marc M. Keyser, 66, sent more than 120 envelopes containing a compact disc that had a packet of sugar labeled "Anthrax Sample" along with a biohazard symbol, the FBI said in a news release. The CD was titled "Anthrax: Shock & Awe Terror."
Keyser was taken into custody without incident at his home in Sacramento on three counts of sending a hoax letter, the FBI said. At least some of the packages had Keyser's return address on them, said FBI agent Steve Dupre.
Keyser is being held at the Sacramento County jail and is expected to make his first court appearance Thursday. It wasn't known Wednesday evening whether he had a lawyer.
None of the packets has so far tested positive for hazardous material, the agency said. Authorities did not say what was on the CD.
More mailings will probably be received over the next few days; recipients should contact their local FBI office, Dupre said.
The investigation began after The Atlantic magazine received a letter Monday, Dupre said. The Charlotte Observer newspaper in North Carolina received an envelope Tuesday.
The letters were received Wednesday by at least one Sacramento television station, The San Diego Union-Tribune newspaper and the office of Republican Congressman George Radanovich in Modesto. A McDonald's restaurant in Sacramento also received a package.
Radanovich's office was evacuated early Wednesday after a staffer opened the mailing. Some employees went to a hospital for precautionary examinations and were released with a clean bill of health.
Radanovich spokesman Spencer Pederson said the congressman was at a meeting in Fresno when the package was opened. Pederson said later Wednesday that the office had been cleaned as if the substance were anthrax.
One entrance to the Union-Tribune was closed for part of the afternoon after a large envelope labeled "anthrax" was opened in the newsroom.
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This guy is either pretty stupid (had his return address on some of the packages), is crazy and wanted to get caught, or he is being framed. It certainly would be easy to put someone else's return address on parcels. It will be interesting to follow this and see what comes of this. I'm especially interested to see if he says he didn't mail them, or he is either mentally deficient or not all there. I hope they have plenty of evidence if they maintain it's him. The FBI as of late has had a bad track record on this problem.
Thoughts?
Marc M. Keyser, 66, sent more than 120 envelopes containing a compact disc that had a packet of sugar labeled "Anthrax Sample" along with a biohazard symbol, the FBI said in a news release. The CD was titled "Anthrax: Shock & Awe Terror."
Keyser was taken into custody without incident at his home in Sacramento on three counts of sending a hoax letter, the FBI said. At least some of the packages had Keyser's return address on them, said FBI agent Steve Dupre.
Keyser is being held at the Sacramento County jail and is expected to make his first court appearance Thursday. It wasn't known Wednesday evening whether he had a lawyer.
None of the packets has so far tested positive for hazardous material, the agency said. Authorities did not say what was on the CD.
More mailings will probably be received over the next few days; recipients should contact their local FBI office, Dupre said.
The investigation began after The Atlantic magazine received a letter Monday, Dupre said. The Charlotte Observer newspaper in North Carolina received an envelope Tuesday.
The letters were received Wednesday by at least one Sacramento television station, The San Diego Union-Tribune newspaper and the office of Republican Congressman George Radanovich in Modesto. A McDonald's restaurant in Sacramento also received a package.
Radanovich's office was evacuated early Wednesday after a staffer opened the mailing. Some employees went to a hospital for precautionary examinations and were released with a clean bill of health.
Radanovich spokesman Spencer Pederson said the congressman was at a meeting in Fresno when the package was opened. Pederson said later Wednesday that the office had been cleaned as if the substance were anthrax.
One entrance to the Union-Tribune was closed for part of the afternoon after a large envelope labeled "anthrax" was opened in the newsroom.
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/30/anthrax.scare.ap/index.html
This guy is either pretty stupid (had his return address on some of the packages), is crazy and wanted to get caught, or he is being framed. It certainly would be easy to put someone else's return address on parcels. It will be interesting to follow this and see what comes of this. I'm especially interested to see if he says he didn't mail them, or he is either mentally deficient or not all there. I hope they have plenty of evidence if they maintain it's him. The FBI as of late has had a bad track record on this problem.
Thoughts?