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Nov 10, 2014

Georgetown Breaking Bad Fan Gets One Year Prison Sentence For Possessing Ricin

With credit for the seven-and-a-half months he’s already served.

Sep 15, 2014

Georgetown Student Who Watched Breaking Bad Pleads Guilty To Ricin Possession

He will serve up to two years in prison.

Mar 25, 2014

Georgetown Student Charged With Possessing Ricin Is A Breaking Bad Fan

Milzman allegedly contacted a resident advisor to inform the person he had made ricin and later told the RA he “felt unfulfilled with school work and relationships and that he had started to engage in self-described ‘risky behavior,'” according to a court document.

May 30, 2013

Ricin Found in Letter Sent to Advocate Tied to Bloomberg at HRC Building; Obama Reportedly Targeted Too

The letter tested “weakly positive” for ricin, according to the email sent to an employee who works in the HRC building.

Apr 18, 2013

FBI Arrests Mississippi Man in Connection With Ricin Letters to White House and Congress

The FBI arrested a Corinth, Miss. resident yesterday in connection with a series of letters tainted with the deadly poison ricin that were caught this week at White House and U.S. Capitol mail screening facilities.

Apr 17, 2013

Letter With Suspicious Substance Mailed to White House; Second Office Building Locked Down

Secret Service found letter mailed to President Obama laced with “suspicious substance,” more suspicious letters sent to senators, and now a Senate office building is on lockdown.

Apr 16, 2013

Ricin Found In Letter Sent To Senator Wicker’s Office

The Capitol Building yesterday (Getty Images) A letter, addressed to Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker’s office, tested positive for the toxic poison ricin. According to the Washington Post, the letter was found this morning “at an off-site location where congressional mail has been screened since anthrax-laced letters were sent to Capitol Hill in 2001.” The mail facility is located in Washington, and a law enforcement told CNN said that the envelope tested positive in a…

 
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