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A Springfield fire official today said tests revealed baby powder was the suspicious white substance that fell out of an envelope in a building across from the Capitol.
Springfield Fire Chief Ken Fustin said officials will continue to investigate the matter because a letter also in the envelope indicated criminal intent, though he declined to reveal what the letter said.
The tests were done after an employee in the mail room of the governor’s constituent services office opened an envelope containing a letter and white powder fell out, Fustin said. The employees contacted emergency officials and a hazardous materials team was sent in, Fustin said.
* SJ-R…
The office that received the letter was the Governor’s Office of Citizen Assistance. That office receives the phone calls, e-mails and mail that the governor receives from the public.
The citizen assistance office is just one office in the building at 222 S. College St.
After the workers discovered the powder and called the fire department about 10:30 a.m., the ventilation system was turned off and workers in other offices were told to remain where they were.
About four or five workers that had contact with the letter were isolated.
Fustin declined to elaborate on what the letter said.
From what I was told, the powder was taken seriously, but much more so after the letter was read.
posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Dec 4, 13 @ 10:31 am
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Hopefully if someone was stupid enough to mail this, they were also stupid enough to leave enough evidence to allow themselves to be caught.
Comment by Ken_in_Aurora Wednesday, Dec 4, 13 @ 10:36 am
That’s just such a nasty, cowardly thing to do, messing with people like that and diverting emergency responders from their jobs.
Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Dec 4, 13 @ 11:04 am
Very scary. The biggest concern I have is that anger on the part of a few extremists will create chaos in our society. Thats worse for everyone than loss of pensions.
Folks who have been cheated, whose wealth is being plundered to keep taxes low for the super wealthy will certainly be angry, but everyone needs to keep others from resorting to the kind of destabilizing activities you see in places like Syria, even Mexico. That is NOT the way to deal with the problem.
Comment by cod Wednesday, Dec 4, 13 @ 11:11 am
I can’t stand the lousy punks that pull stupid stunts like this. The Feds were there yesterday as well and I hope they get a swing at whoever pulled this little trick.
Comment by Arthur Andersen Wednesday, Dec 4, 13 @ 11:13 am
I’d get booted and censored from the site if I said what I really thought of this.
Comment by A guy... Wednesday, Dec 4, 13 @ 11:28 am
Hey ‘A guy…’ as one of the people who works in that office and spent half the day in quarantine, I really think you should reconsider words like that. Real people who were simply doing their jobs were affected by this in what could have been a very bad, very dangerous situation.
Comment by A guy (who was there)... Wednesday, Dec 4, 13 @ 11:41 am
Somebody with a warped, twisted, need to see their handiwork on the news. There really are no superlatives available that adequately describe such an execrable person.
Comment by dupage dan Wednesday, Dec 4, 13 @ 11:45 am
===- A guy (who was there)… - Wednesday, Dec 4, 13 @ 11:41 am:
Hey ‘A guy…’ as one of the people who works in that office and spent half the day in quarantine, I really think you should reconsider words like that. Real people who were simply doing their jobs were affected by this in what could have been a very bad, very dangerous situation.====
A G (who was there), I owe an apology for not being more clear. The words I would use (all swear words in combinations heretofore never put together!) were directed toward the sleazy coward,carafe of rat phlegm who would commit the terrorist act of sending a substance into this office where innocent people like yourselves would be unnecessarily threatened by this. My intent was not clear enough, and for that I apologize. A guy.
Comment by A guy... Wednesday, Dec 4, 13 @ 2:37 pm