05.22.13
Bean Pounding (a new one)
Not another. Infatuated with his smartphone, too.
Matthew Ryan Buquet has been arrested by the FBI in connection with the recent mailing of two more ricin letters in Spokane, WA. Over the weekend, his apartment was raided and today he was arrested.
Buquet is on Facebook. He likes “Hannibal,” the tv show, PSY’s new single, Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven,” Cody Wilson’s 3D printed plastic gun and the right wing crank newsite, Newsmax.
A man accused of mailing ricin to the post office in Spokane pleaded not guilty Wednesday in federal court.
Matthew Ryan Buquet was charged with one count of mailing a threatening communication …
The FBI said the 37-year-old man was arrested following last week’s discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin. Buquet was arrested Wednesday afternoon …
Spokane police confirmed that Buquet was also a registered level two sex offender. Buquet was convicted of indecent liberties involving a 10-year-old girl. He pleaded guilty in November of 1998 and served 18 months. He was released November 14th, 1999.
From the Spokane Spokesman Review:
A suspect was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury in connection with the two ricin-laced letters sent by mail, one of which contained threats against U.S. District Judge Fred Van Sickle.
“The indictment did not mention ricin,” added the AP.
This is another odd one, leading to the potential that the ricin-detection was a false positive in the field in a test applied to all letters threatening officials. Or that ricin-testing of mail has been ramped up in the wake of the Dutschke case.
In which case, Buquet will not join the ranks of bean pounders and they will release him on bail for trial over sending a nasty letter to a judge.