The Case of the Poisoned Cookies
It was an odd weaponized delivery system: a sugary-sweet homemade cookie. In April 2005, all nine U.S. Supreme Court justices got one in the mail along with a bluntly worded note along these lines: “I am going to kill you. This is poisoned.”
They weren’t the only ones. Similar threats were sent to the FBI Director and Deputy Director and to the chiefs of staff of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. The 14 letters each had messages typed and signed with a different name, and each contained one cookie or piece of candy.
Because the FBI is responsible for investigating threats against Supreme Court justices and other national leaders, our Washington office opened a case in May 2005, led by FBI Special Agent Monica M. Patton.
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Just two months after sending the letters, Patton worked with Assistant U.S. Attorney Angela Schmidt to obtain an arrest warrant. March pled guilty and was sentenced to 15 years in prison in October 2006.
In the end, it was a classic case of good old-fashioned detective work and interagency partnerships blending with our modern scientific expertise to catch the villain.
The rest of the article details the investigation. Why this shows up on their website today is beyond me, but I thought this was worthy of posting.
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