Prison Inmate Pleads Guilty to Anthrax Hoax

A man serving 50 years in prison for robbery pleaded guilty Friday to threatening to send anthrax to President George W. Bush, Florida Governor Jeb Bush and federal employees, according to the Associated Press (see GSN, Nov. 23).

Roger Evans admitted he mailed a letter in April laced with white powder from a Florida prison to a U.S District Court clerk’s office, AP reported. The substance was determined to be body powder.

Evans is scheduled to be sentenced in March on charges of threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction against federal property and mailing threatening communications.

He could face life in prison, a term that would begin only after his present prison term ends (Associated Press/Miami Herald, Dec. 10).

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