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| NM man indicted over powder, threats sent to banks |
| 2009-02-24 |
| A New Mexico man was indicted Tuesday for allegedly mailing threatening letters containing suspicious powder to dozens of banks and federal offices across the country last fall. Richard Leon Goyette, 47, of Albuquerque, faces one count of threats and false information and 64 counts of threats and hoaxes for allegedly mailing the letters from Amarillo to 52 offices and banks in 11 states and the District of Columbia, according to a release Tuesday from the U.S. attorney in Dallas. No one was injured by opening the letters. The powder turned out to be calcium carbonate, a major component of chalkboard chalk. Goyette's attorney in Amarillo, Brooks W. Barfield Jr., did not immediately return a call seeking comment. Goyette, who officials say was apparently upset about losing tens of thousands of dollars in a bank failure, has been in federal custody since his Feb. 2 arrest at the Albuquerque airport. |
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