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  • Ocala, FL man charged with ricin possession [Update -went to court]

    01/21/2005 12:00:35 PM PST · by OXENinFLA · 14 replies · 955+ views
    Tallahassee Democrat ^ | 1-19-05 | Rick Cundiff
    OCALA - New details emerged in court Tuesday about an Ocala man charged with illegal possession of ricin, a deadly toxin that can be used for bioterrorism. A search of Steven Michael Ekberg's home computer turned up terrorism-related materials, an FBI agent testified at a preliminary hearing in Ocala. Ekberg, 22, was arrested Jan. 13 and charged with illegal possession of ricin, a toxin with no known antidote and so lethal that an amount the size of pinhead can kill. FBI Special Agent Pamela Piersanti testified Tuesday that investigators seized Ekberg's computer at the time of his arrest. They found...
  • Fla. man pleads guilty to having ricin

    05/03/2005 8:05:49 PM PDT · by SmithL · 17 replies · 727+ views
    contra costa times ^ | 5/3/5 | Associated Press
    OCALA, Fla. - A man arrested in January after police found the lethal toxin ricin at his home pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court. Steven Michael Ekberg, 22, faces up to 10 years in prison for unlawful possession of the substance. He was arrested after someone phoned in a tip to police. Agents who searched his home found a cardboard box of chemicals, including three vials that tested positive for ricin. They also found a submachine gun and two semiautomatic rifles. Authorities have previously declined to comment on how Ekberg got the ricin, a toxin derived from castor beans. As...