WASHINGTON—A U.S. Navy veteran was taken into custody on Oct. 3 as a suspect in the investigation of letters sent to senior U.S. government officials initially feared to contain the poison ricin, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Salt Lake City said.
William Clyde Allen III, 39, was arrested in Logan, Utah by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on a probable cause warrant and will be charged on Oct. 5, said Melodie Rydalch, a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney’s office.
