From a press release:
Jason Pantone, age 34, of Hyde Park, New York, pled guilty today to conveying false information and hoax letters in connection with envelopes containing white powder he mailed to federal offices throughout Upstate and Central New York, and the Southern Tier. ...
As part of his guilty plea, Pantone admitted that beginning on February 21, 2019 and until his arrest on February 27, 2019, he mailed envelopes containing white power to Social Security Administration offices in Binghamton, Plattsburgh and Utica, New York. He also mailed white powder letters addressed to the United States District Court in Syracuse, Binghamton, Albany, Plattsburgh, and Utica. Each of the envelopes contained a typed note, which read “ANTHRAX.” Some of the letters included a smiley face with X’s in place of the eyes. All samples of the white powder were tested and yielded negative results for anthrax or other hazardous material. ...
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