LAS VEGAS, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Roger Bergendorff, who pleaded guilty to possessing toxic ricin in Las Vegas, was sentenced in federal court Monday to 42 months in prison.
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- A Utah man has been sentenced to two years probation and fined $500 for failing to report his cousin's possession of deadly ricin, authorities said.
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- A Utah man has admitted he knew his cousin was making a deadly toxin, telling a federal judge he kept the knowledge to himself because he was scared.
LAS VEGAS, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- The man who touched off concern in February after the toxin ricin was found in his Las Vegas motel room pleaded guilty to possessing the banned substance.
SALT LAKE CITY, April 30 (UPI) -- A Utah man kicked his cousin out of his house, believing he was making the deadly toxin ricin, court papers reveal.
LAS VEGAS, April 23 (UPI) -- The man found to have the toxic substance ricin in his possession has been indicted by a grand jury in Las Vegas on charges related to the toxin and firearms.
LAS VEGAS, April 16 (UPI) -- Federal charges were filed Wednesday against the man found to have had the toxin ricin in his Las Vegas hotel room in February.
LAS VEGAS, March 5 (UPI) -- Las Vegas police have learned that the suspect in their ongoing ricin investigation also lived at another hotel in the city for about a year.
LAS VEGAS, March 4 (UPI) -- A hazmat team was sent to the Excalibur Hotel in Las Vegas after a guest said there was white powder on his bed Tuesday morning.
RIVERTON, Utah, March 3 (UPI) -- Authorities in hazmat suits have finished their search of a Utah home looking for vials of the deadly plant poison ricin, a newspaper said.
RIVERTON, Utah, March 2 (UPI) -- Authorities have isolated a house in Utah as they investigate how vials of the deadly poison ricin came to be in a Las Vegas motel room.
LAS VEGAS, March 1 (UPI) -- Police do not suspect terroristic motives in the discovery of several bottles of the toxin ricin in a Las Vegas hotel room, it was reported Saturday.
DALLAS, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- University of Texas scientists have completed the first human clinical trial of a vaccine for the deadly toxin ricin -- a potential bioterrorism threat.
FREDERICK, Md., Aug. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have developed an experimental vaccine against ricin that fully protected mice from airborne, lethal doses of the toxin.