tags: July 2014, Asian Suspect, Terroristic Threats, anthrax, super bowl, sports, School Attacks, Al Qaeda, Targeted Individuals, Voices
1 terroristic threat January 31, 2014 threat, July 28, 2014 arrest Hong Minh Truong Sent 500 and Superbowl Hoax Anthrax Letters In the first terrorist style threat on the Superbowl, white anthrax-like powder found in packages sent to hotels in New York City and the mayor turn out to be harmless threats. Hong Minh Truong Sent More Than 500 Hoax Anthrax Letters Huffington Post Hong Minh Truong arrested accused of sending more than 15 batches of letters from the Dallas area, for six years starting in 2008. In all but two of the batches, a white-powder substance was put in the envelopes. The hoax letters were mailed to cities across the U.S. and to U.S. Embassies abroad. Most recently, some letters were mailed to hotels in the vicinity of this year's Super Bowl in New Jersey... focused on Truong after an IP address associated with him was identified after 28 public schools in Boston received letters in June 2013, according to the complaint. The mailings, also sent to U.S. embassies around the world, frequently contained the same disjointed rant. "Al Qaeda back!," In 2002, Truong told police he hears voices in his head. He claimed the FBI, DEA, ATF and police are after him and beaming radar into his body.
one letter: What the hell where are you Scooby Doo, Counter Intelligence, CIA, you do not know how to catch the triple dealer spy in your law enforcement. What the hell where are you Scooby Doo, Internal Affairs, FBI, you don’t know how to arrest the bad cop in your law enforcement. We are Al Qaeda, U.B.L (Usama Bin Laden) SS Nazi FBI, working in your agency. We claim everything.
FBI: These letters were sent to pre-schools and elementary schools across the country as well as to Lockheed Martin in Grand Prairie, Texas. HAZMAT responded to the location of many hoax letter recipients, including Mi Escuelita Preschool Crossover in Dallas.
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July 28, 2014 arrest
1 terroristic threat January 31, 2014 threat, In the first terrorist style threat on the Superbowl, white anthrax-like powder found in packages sent to hotels in New York City and the mayor turn out to be harmless threats.
June 2013: 28 public schools in Boston received letters that resulted in HAZMAT responses. That investigation resulted in the identification of an IP address in Rowlett associated with Truong. Hong Minh Truong Sent 500 threats and Superbowl Hoax Anthrax Letters
In 2002, Truong told police he hears voices in his head. He claimed the FBI, DEA, ATF and police are after him and beaming radar into his body.
Accused of sending at least 519 threatening letters.
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July 29, http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/07/29/texas-man-accused-sending-over-500-hoax-white-powder-letters-arrested/ federal complaint seen by KDFW-TV alleges that Truong began sending the letters in December of 2008. The document claims that Truong would send between 10 and 40 letters at a time. The letters contained terroristic threats and in the case of all but two batches, a white powder that resembled anthrax.
One letter promised that its sender would "Hijack airplane from [Dallas's] Love Field airport ... to hit NASA center or Empire [State] Building." In another, the sender said he would "Chop, slice, dice and mash body of leeches and put them in food store, let people eat." Most recently, some letters were mailed to hotels in the vicinity of this year's Super Bowl in New Jersey.
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“Rowlett P.D. had no prior contacts with this man and zero information that he was any type of threat to anyone,” said Sgt. Dean Poos, a public information officer for the Rowlett Police Department.
the origin of hoax anthrax letters may have been Rowlett, but the threat was to locations across the nation and the globe, according to the indictment. FBI agents and .S. Postal Inspection Service inspectors arrested Truong on July 28, accusing the Rowlett man of sending about 519 hoax letters to embassies, schools, U.S. government offices and hotels near Super Bowl XLVIII in New Jersey.
“Rowlett P.D. had no prior contacts with this man and zero information that he was any type of threat to anyone,” said Sgt. Dean Poos, a public information officer for the Rowlett Police Department.
Though hundreds of letters sent in many batches are referenced, the indictment’s single count is for a letter sent in May 2012 to Mi Escuelita Preschool Crossover in Dallas, about a 25-mile drive from Truong’s home on Rosebud Drive.
indictment “Thus, those persons exposed to the letter and powder in the room, or in the building, do not and cannot know for many hours whether they have been infected with a deadly substance,” the indictment explains. “Many such victims express concern about returning home for fear of infecting their families.
“They are often told by [hazardous materials] teams to shower, discard the clothes they were wearing when opening the letter, avoid going home and to wait for test results from the testing facility,” the indictment says.
Waiting can take a while. Initial test results often take 12 to 24 hours to come back once they reach the lab, and final results may take 48 hours to get, according to the indictment.
The cost “depends on the resources that respond,” said Rowlett Fire Chief Neil Howard. “An incident like that could run $10,000, $15,000 or $20,000 easily.
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July 28, 2014 IP of website visit and threat letter in trash Leads to Arrest of Texas Man in Threat Letters Case undone not by a fingerprint nor DNA, the Justice Department said, but by visiting a website. Bloomberg school system provided the Federal Bureau of Investigation with IP addresses from Texas that visited the system’s website in the weeks before the letters began arriving. Agents traced them back and found one that had visited the website three times; it came back to Truong’s home, Agents put Truong under surveillance, the FBI said, and last week they found a torn letter and envelope in Truong’s trash. After piecing the letter back together, agents determined it “contained language similar to the language in the 519 previous hoax letters.” The envelope was addressed, the agent wrote, to Boston public schools.
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Texas man arrested in connection with white powder letter ... CBS News That's where the FBI arrested Hong Minh Truong on Monday. ... Also, a motive might be found in police records revealing Truong has had a ... The FBI had seen the same threat many times before. Since 2008, more than 500 nearly identical white powder envelopes had been sent to schools, businesses and government offices across 48 states and the District of Columbia. The mailings, also sent to U.S. embassies around the world, frequently contained the same disjointed rant. "Al Qaeda back!," the letters warned. "Special thing for you ... What the hell, where are you Scooby Doo, Internal Affairs, FBI..." None of the letters contained any actual toxins, but all shared a common link. They were mailed from the area around Dallas, Texas.
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Rowlett Man Arrested for Sending Hundreds of Hoax White Powder Letters
U.S. Attorney’s Office
July 28, 2014
Federal Bureau of Investigation Hong Minh Truong, 66, is charged in the complaint with false information and hoaxes. Truong made his initial appearance this afternoon before ... DALLAS—A Rowlett, Texas, man was arrested this morning by special agents with the FBI and inspectors with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service on a criminal complaint charging an offense stemming from hundreds of white powder hoax letters he allegedly mailed from North Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
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Hong Minh Truong, 66, is charged in the complaint with false information and hoaxes. Truong made his initial appearance this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Irma C. Ramirez, who ordered that he remain in federal custody.
“For almost six years, letters containing white powder—and believed to have been mailed by the same individual—have elicited law enforcement and public safety responses from numerous local, state and federal agencies. While it was determined that the mailings did not contain toxins or poisons, each incident required a field screening of the letter’s contents, which cost taxpayer dollars and diverted first responder resources,” explained Special Agent in Charge Diego Rodriguez of FBI Dallas. “We believe Hong Minh Truong is responsible for the hundreds of letters sent to locations worldwide, including U.S. government offices, aerospace companies, schools, daycares, and recently, hotels in the vicinity of Super Bowl XLVIII. The ongoing investigative work of the FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service is to be commended.”
According to the complaint, since December 2008, more than 500 hoax letters were mailed from the North Texas area to cities across the U.S. and to U.S. Embassies abroad. The initial letters, sent out on December 4, 2008, had a “Dallas, Texas” postmark and contained a white-powder substance. Law enforcement has identified more than 15 batches of similar letters sent from the Dallas area from December 2008 to the present. The language used in the letters as well as the method of sending the letters, indicate that one person, Truong, is responsible for sending all of the hoax letters. In all but two of the batches of letters, a white-powder substance was included in the envelope.
On May 7, 2012, the hoax letters mailed from the Dallas area contained a white-powder substance and the following statement:
Al Qaeda back! Special thing for you
What the hell where are you Scooby Doo, Counter Intelligence, CIA, you do not know how to catch the triple dealer spy in your law enforcement. What the hell where are you Scooby Doo, Internal Affairs, FBI, you don’t know how to arrest the bad cop in your law enforcement.
You all flaming idiot, ignorant and arrogant, know nothing! How to protect this country! U.S.A
We are Al Qaeda, U.B.L FBI, Al Qaeda, SS Nazi FBI, working in your agency. We claim everything.
These letters were sent to pre-schools and elementary schools across the country as well as to Lockheed Martin in Grand Prairie, Texas. HAZMAT responded to the location of many hoax letter recipients, including Mi Escuelita Preschool Crossover in Dallas.
In June 2013, 28 public schools in Boston received letters that resulted in HAZMAT responses. That investigation resulted in the identification of an IP address in Rowlett associated with Truong.
“Today’s joint operation should send a warning to those who seek to terrorize the American public through powder letters, real or hoax,” said Fort Worth Division Inspector in Charge R.L. Faulkerson. “Postal Inspectors and FBI agents have worked tirelessly during this six-year investigation to locate the person responsible for sending hundreds of letters containing hoax white powders. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service remains committed to our mission of protecting the nation’s postal system and ensuring our customers’ trust that mail they receive will be free from threats or dangerous substances.”
“Mr. Truong’s alleged criminal actions caused emergency responders and hazardous response teams immense unnecessary labor and expense, diverted personnel from actual emergencies and caused untold emotional distress to those who received the letters,” said U.S. Attorney Saldaña. “I commend the excellent investigative work of the FBI and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service that led to today’s arrest.”
A federal complaint is a written statement of the essential facts of the offenses charged and must be made under oath before a magistrate judge. A defendant is entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty. The government has 30 days to present the matter to a federal grand jury for indictment. The maximum statutory penalty for the offense as charged is five years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Errin Martin is in charge of the prosecution.
Rowlett man accused of sending hoax white powder letters ...KDFW 2 days ago - Hong Minh Truong, 66, allegedly sent more than 500 hoax letters in the mail since 2008. Letters with the white powder inside were sent to U.S. ...
North Texas Man Suspected of Mailing Hoax Letters: Feds ..KXAS‑TV Hong Minh Truong, 66, of Rowlett, was arrested Monday by FBI special agents and investigators for the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
Hong Minh Truong, of Texas, arrested in connection with ...N ews 12 Long Island The FBI says 66-year-old Hong Minh Truong, of Texas, sent several letters with white powder to seven hotels near the Meadowlands. (7/29/14).
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