Federal authorities have arrested a 37-year-old Kirkland man they say made ricin in his apartment from mail-order castor seeds. Robert M. Alberg was charged in federal court on Friday with knowingly possessing a biological agent or toxin and was booked into the federal detention center in SeaTac pending indictment, U.S. Attorney’s spokesman Lawrence Lincoln said yesterday. Alberg’s next court appearance is set for Thursday, when a judge could order him to undergo a mental-health evaluation, Lincoln said. The federal complaint doesn’t indicate that Alberg had a set plan to release the ricin, and an FBI spokeswoman said no one was at risk. Lincoln declined to speculate whether Alberg has terrorist ties. Full Story
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