Texas Woman Pleads Guilty To Sending Toxin-Laced Letter To President
A Texas woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Shannon Guess Richardson entered her plea in federal court in Texarkana, Texas, to a federal charge of possessing and producing a biological toxin.
Richardson was arrested in June after authorities said she tried to implicate her ex-husband during a divorce. Prosecutors allege Richardson mailed three letters from Texas and then told police her husband had done it.
The federal indictment quotes the letter as follows;
"What's in this letter is nothing compared to what ive got in store for you mr president."
Prosecutors say Richardson bought materials online to produce ricin, a toxin that can cause respiratory failure if inhaled.
The 35-year-old Richardson had minor roles in the television series "The Walking Dead" and the movie "The Blind Side."
Neither her attorney nor authorities will comment on a possible motive.
