Shannon Richardson, the wife who contacted authorities saying her husband sent the ricin-laced letters to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and President Barack Obama, has been arrested in the case.

NBC News reports Shannon Rogers Guess Richardson of New Boston, Texas, was found by investigators to have sent the letters to the politicians.

Richardson and her husband are in the process of getting divorced.

Charges will be filed this afternoon in Texarkana, AR.

 

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