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The FBI is investigating a 31-year-old jail inmate for at least one of the recent series of white powder letter mailings. It is unclear whether the FBI suspects Andrew Laud Barnett for any of the others, however. Barnett was in jail in Portland when he possibly mailed a white powder letter to ...
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FAYETTEVILLE (AP) — A federal judge has ordered an Arkansas man charged with mailing threatening letters and nontoxic white powder to be held in custody until his upcoming trial.
PORTLAND — An inmate at a county jail is suspected of mailing a harmless powder he claimed was anthrax to the attorney prosecuting his case, one of a series of powder-filled letters sent around Portland in late April and early May. Investigators were first tipped to the suspect by some …
The FBI said an inmate at the Multnomah County Jail has been linked to a a number of envelopes containing white powder.
PORTLAND — A county jail inmate is suspected of mailing a harmless powder he claimed was anthrax to the attorney prosecuting his case, one of a series of powder-filled letters sent around Portland in late April and early May. Investigators were first tipped to the suspect by checking the return …
View full sizeMultnomah County SheriffAndrew BarnettThe FBI is investigating a 31-year-old inmate for a series of jailhouse mailings of mysterious white powder, including at least one to a federal prosecutor purporting to be anthrax and others to buildings around Portland,...
PORTLAND - An FBI agent suggests a jail inmate is responsible for sending a threatening letter containing white powder, KGW has learned. The letter, part of a string of hoaxes, claimed to be tainted with deadly anthrax but turned out to be non-toxic. According to a search warrant obtained by KGW, the FBI believes Andrew Barnett sent the threatening letter while in custody at the Multnomah County ...
According to court documents, federal authorities believe Andrew Laud Barnett sent one of the letters to the federal courthouse in downtown Portland from his jail cell about a month ago.
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Wyden's sharply worded letter sent Wednesday to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta comes after recent investigations into KBR's legal team uncovered costs that included attorneys bills of $750 per hour, numerous first-class flights and paying one expert more than $500,000 for testimony and consultation who admitted billing for time spent sleeping.
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) - City and county emergency management response units teamed up with the United States Postal Service main branch in Fort Wayne on a biohazard emergency drill.
Christopher Todd Jones, the superintendent of CDP, a first responder’s training facility in McClellan run by the Department of Homeland Security, is set to retire on June 2, ending nearly four years of service at the center.
Multiple emergency organizations participating in a mock biohazard exercise Wednesday at the Fort Wayne Post Office on South Clinton Street Wednesday.
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Terrorism Drill This past week brought news about another successful bioterrorism response drill, effectively delivering hypothetical medicines to protect the citizens of Baltimore from a hypothetical anthrax attack . Frankly, I always shake my head in dismay when I read of such preparedness exercises. I think back to my childhood, with its duck and cover Cuban missile crisis school drills and ...