AP - Authorities are investigating a letter sent to the headquarters of a South Dakota congressional candidate containing threats and a white powder. Republican Senate candidate Joel Dykstra was not at his Sioux Falls office when his staff opened the letter Tuesday and called 911. Fire Rescue Division Chief Jim ...
08-19-2008, 07:56 PM
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| Threatening letter, powder mailed to SD candidate AP - Authorities are investigating a letter sent to the headquarters of a South Dakota congressional candidate containing threats and a white powder. Republican Senate candidate Joel Dykstra was not at his Sioux Falls office when his staff opened the letter Tuesday and called 911. Fire Rescue Division Chief Jim Sideras says early tests indicate baby powder. It was sent elsewhere for more analysis. Sideras says the letter included threats against the Dykstra campaign and the GOP. Campaign staffers left the building as investigators worked. The threat comes shortly after the suicide of a scientist about to be indicted in anthrax mailings that killed five people in 2001. Dykstra is challenging Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson. ___ Associated Press writer Carson Walker contributed to this report. source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_on_re_us/candidate_threat [link] | ||||
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