ricin

The 21-year-old man had planned to put ricin pills in ordinary vitamin bottles.

A 22-year-old New Yorker who really, really, really wanted to procure ricin for nefarious purposes has been convicted of attempting to acquire the deadly toxin to use as a weapon.

A Manhattan man has been busted after allegedly attempting to buy ricin, a lethal substance derived from castor oil seeds, from a federal agent through an illicit marketplace on the so-called Dark Web.

Shannon Rogers Guess initially told authorities her husband was responsible for the letters.

The FBI questioned a Texas Army veteran last night in connection with the ricin letter mailed to Mayor Bloomberg.

A letter addressed to Mayor Bloomberg last week has tested positive for ricin, a lethal toxin that can kill in an extremely small dosage if inhaled.