Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say an Alabama man has pleaded guilty to mailing hoax anthrax letters sent to Sen. Richard Shelby and others.
A statement released Tuesday by U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance says 39-year-old Clifton Lamar Dodd of Lincoln pleaded guilty to 23 counts of mailing letters that contained white powder which could have been perceived as a biological toxin.
One of the letters arrived at Shelby's office in Birmingham in March 2010. Other letters went to state Sen. Jim Preuitt of Talladega, a pair of Talladega County judges, the sheriff in Talladega and several inmates in the county jail, plus police investigators from Lincoln and Oxford.
Another round of letters went out in April 2010.
Aside from the postal charge, Dodd pleaded guilty to conspiracy. A co-defendant pleaded guilty last year.
A statement released Tuesday by U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance says 39-year-old Clifton Lamar Dodd of Lincoln pleaded guilty to 23 counts of mailing letters that contained white powder which could have been perceived as a biological toxin.
One of the letters arrived at Shelby's office in Birmingham in March 2010. Other letters went to state Sen. Jim Preuitt of Talladega, a pair of Talladega County judges, the sheriff in Talladega and several inmates in the county jail, plus police investigators from Lincoln and Oxford.
Another round of letters went out in April 2010.
Aside from the postal charge, Dodd pleaded guilty to conspiracy. A co-defendant pleaded guilty last year.
No comments:
Post a Comment