Suspected of sending an envelope to a woman Containing poison resinThe man, who was addressed to the White House, has been arrested on the New York-Canada border. The woman is also suspected of sending the same poisoned envelope to law enforcement agencies in Texas, officials said Monday.
The letter was intercepted earlier this week before reaching the White House. The woman was taken into custody by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Peace Bridge border crossing near Buffalo, and three law enforcement officers are expected to tell the Associated Press.
CBS News also found out that the woman was carrying a gun when she was arrested.
Her name was not immediately released, but the woman was expected to appear in federal court in Buffalo on Tuesday. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Buffalo said U.S. Magistrate Judge H.J. The hearing before Kenneth Schroeder Jr. on Tuesday at 4 p.m. will take place in person, not virtually.
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The letter, addressed to the White House, was found to be originally from Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police said. He was stopped at a government facility that screened mail addressed to the White House and President Donald Trump, and a preliminary investigation indicated he had tested positive for Richin, officials said. The RCMP will not confirm if the suspect is a Canadian or American citizen.
“Our Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive Team (CBRN) is leading the operation,” RCMP said.
Envelopes containing Rickin were also sent to law enforcement agencies in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas, according to another law enforcement official. The official did not say which agencies the envelopes were sent to, but said they were believed to have been mailed by the same person who sent them to the White House.
Officials have not been given the authority to discuss the ongoing investigation in public and spoke on condition of anonymity.
An envelope was sent to police on a Texas mission, said Investigator Art Flores, a spokesman for the Border Community Police Department. He said no one was injured and the envelope is in law enforcement custody. He declined to comment further.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Quebec confirmed on Monday that a police investigation was underway on a street in St. Hubert, Quebec, regarding a malicious letter sent to the White House.
The house is connected to the woman who was arrested at the border and although authorities have not yet determined whether she actually lives in the house, “there is a clear link between her and this residence,” the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said. CPL Said Charles Poyer.
There have been many earlier instances in which the U.S. Officers were targeted by Richin sent by mail.
A veteran naval leader was arrested in 2018 and confessed to sending envelopes to Trump and members of his administration containing the substance from which the resin was taken. The letters were intercepted, and no one was injured.
In 2011, a Mississippi man was sentenced to 25 years in prison after sending letters filled with resin to President Barack Obama and other officials.
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