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Man Accused of Cover-Up in Ricin Probe
AP via SFGate ^ | 4/2/8
Posted on 04/02/2008 4:45:44 PM PDT by SmithL
Salt Lake City (AP) — A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted the cousin of a man who was apparently poisoned by the deadly toxin ricin.
Thomas Tholen, 54, was indicted on a charge of misprision of felony. U.S. Attorney Brett Tolman said Tholen knew ricin had been illegally produced but did not report it to authorities and lied to cover up his concealment.
“The consequences of this action could have been disastrous,” Tolman said.
Tholen, of Riverton, is the cousin of Roger Bergendorff, who apparently was poisoned by ricin and suffered respiratory ailments. He regained consciousness March 12 after about a month in a Las Vegas hospital.
A brother, Erich Bergendorff, has said it’s not clear if Roger Bergendorff made the ricin or watched someone else do it.
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