Actress charged with sending Obama poison letter
Shannon Guess Richardson, 35, appeared in court after being charged with mailing a threatening communication to the president. She faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted.
A pregnant actress who told FBI agents her husband had sent ricin-tainted letters to US President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been charged with threatening the president.
Shannon Guess Richardson, 35, appeared in court after being charged with mailing a threatening communication to the president. She faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted.
Richardson, a mother of five who has played bit roles in television shows, was arrested on Friday for allegedly mailing the ricin-laced letters last month to the White House, Bloomberg and the mayor's Washington gun-control group. The letters threatened violence against gun-control advocates.
FBI agents wearing hazardous material suits were seen going in and out of Richardson's house on Wednesday in nearby New Boston, northeast of Dallas, in the state of Texas.
Officials said the search was initiated after Richardson contacted the FBI and implicated her husband, Nathaniel Richardson, a 33-year-old army veteran.
John Delk, who represents Nathaniel Richardson, said his client had filed for divorce and may have been set up by his wife.