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Georgia men convicted of ricin plot against government officials

(Bio Prep Watch) Two alleged members of a Georgia militia group, discovered in November, 2011, were convicted on Friday by a Gainesville jury for plotting to produce the biological weapon ricin for use as a weapon. The Georgia militia group allegedly plotted attacks on IRS and ATF agents, judges and lawyers, CNN reports. Samuel Crump, Read More »

January 24, 2014
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, and Bioterrorism
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Poison suspect had Ricin, pipe bomb

(WBBHNews) New details were revealed during a detention hearing for 19-year-old Jesse Korff Friday morning about the Glades County property where the teen is accused of brewing the deadly poison abrin. Prosecutors say federal agents also found Ricin, a pipe bomb, a meth lab and several guns on the property. Prosecutors called Korff a danger Read More »

January 24, 2014
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biocrimes, and Bioterrorism
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LaBelle man accused of selling deadly toxin

(Tampa Bay Times) A man left a McDonald’s bag in the weeds at an Interstate 75 rest stop outside Fort Myers last week. For this, he collected $1,500. Inside, buried in two candles, were two vials of the deadly toxin abrin, federal authorities allege. The man, identified as 19-year-old Jesse William Korff of LaBelle, appeared Read More »

January 22, 2014
| Filed under Agents & Toxins, Biocrimes, and Biological Weapons
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22 spotted deers die due to anthrax infection in Chhattisgarh zoo

(The Times Of India) A day after 22 spotted deer died at the Kanan Pendari Zoo Park in Chhattisgarh, investigations have revealed that the deaths were caused due to Anthrax bacterial infection. “Spotted deer died due Anthrax infection. Analysis of symptoms confirms that the animals were infected by bacteria called Bacillus anthracis”, Principal Chief Conservator Read More »

January 16, 2014
| Filed under South Asia, Agents & Toxins, Biosafety, and International
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Co-defendant: Ga. men accused in plot not violent

(Columbus Ledger Enquirer) A Georgia man who pleaded guilty to federal explosives charges in what prosecutors described as a plot against the government testified in federal court Thursday that two other men accused in the plot aren’t violent. Dan Roberts testified in the trial of Ray Adams and Samuel Crump before U.S. District Judge Richard Read More »