Actress Shannon Richardson was arrested today in connection to the ricin that was mailed to President Obama today in Texas. Richardson initially alerted the FBI that she thought her husband of two years may have been responsible for the ricin-laced letter. But when the FBI went to investigate, they concluded that it may in fact be Shannon who is responsible, and that she simply tried to have her husband take the fall. After days of investigation and interrogation, Richardson has been arrested in Mount Pleasant, TX. Richardson has appeared in bit roles on such television shows as The Walking Dead and Vampire Diaries . The actress initially claimed that she found suspicious internet searches on her husband’s computer, as well as a suspicious container. The letters were sent to President Obama, as well as Mayor Bloomberg of New York and the director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns
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Walking Dead Actress Arrested in Ricin Case
