LOGAN, UT (FOX13) — A man has been arrested in Utah in connection with ricin that was mailed to President Donald Trump and the Pentagon.
The Herald Journal, a Utah newspaper, reports that the arrest was made in Logan, Utah Wednesday (Oct. 3) morning.
The Herald Journal says the man arrested is a former U.S. Navy sailor and that he was taken into custody by the FBI.
The arrest comes after a substance believed to be ricin, a poison derived from castor beans, was located in an envelope addressed to President Donald Trump. A similar envelope was sent to the Pentagon.
No further details about the arrest were immediately available.
