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Man Pleads Guilty In "White Powder Letters" Case

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Mar 16, 2009 3:18 pm US/Central

Man Pleads Guilty In "White Powder Letters" Case

AMARILLO (AP) ― Federal prosecutors say a New Mexico man has pleaded guilty to mailing threatening letters containing suspicious powder to dozens of banks and federal offices across the country.

Richard Leon Goyette, 47, of Albuquerque, accepted a plea agreement with prosecutors and pleaded guilty Monday to one count of threats and false information and one count of threats and hoaxes. He had faced 64 counts of the latter offense.

As CBS 11 News was first to report, federal officials arrested Goyette on February 3.

Goyette mailed letters from Amarillo to 52 offices and banks in 11 states and the District of Columbia in October.

No one was injured and the powder was found to be calcium carbonate, a major component of blackboard chalk.

Goyette faces up to 15 years in prison and a $500,000 fine.

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