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Ricin Letters: Shannon Richardson, Texas woman, arrested in case, official says

Shannon Richardson is placed into a Titus County Sheriff's car after an initial appearance June 7, 2013, at the federal building in Texarkana, Texas. AP Photo/The Texarkana Gazette, Curt Youngblood

(CBS/AP) DALLAS - Shannon Richardson, a Texas woman who told FBI agents her husband had sent ricin-tainted letters to the president and New York City's mayor, has been arrested.

PICTURES: Texas woman arrested in ricin case

Two U.S. law enforcement officials say Richardson, of New Boston, Texas, has been arrested in the investigation of ricin-laced letters sent to President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly during the ongoing investigation.

FBI agents wearing hazardous material suits were seen going in and out of her house Wednesday in New Boston, about 150 miles northeast of Dallas near the Oklahoma and Arkansas borders.

Complete coverage of the ricin case on Crimesider

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