Georgetown Student Charged With Possession of Ricin
This is pretty serious. People don’t typically have ricin in their possession for casual purposes.
CNN reports.
Georgetown University student accused of ricin possession
A Georgetown University student was charged on Friday with possessing ricin after admitting he made the poison in his campus dorm room, a court document showed.
Daniel Harry Milzman, 19, appeared in federal court, where a judge ordered him held pending a hearing next week.
Milzman was arrested by the FBI and charged with possessing a biological toxin, according to an FBI affidavit.
That submission said he learned how to make ricin on his iPhone and then bought ingredients at retail stores.
Ricin is a deadly toxin derived from castor beans that has no known antidote.
On Monday, Milzman allegedly showed a bag that he claimed to contain ricin to his dorm adviser, who notified school authorities. They in turn called police, the filing states.
Preliminary lab tests confirmed the substance was ricin, it said.
Milzman allegedly produced the substance a month earlier in his room, placed it in plastic bags sealed with hockey tape and stored it in his room, according to the document.
The amount produced possibly could have been enough to kill someone had it been inhaled or injected, the affidavit said.
Comments
Is he growing a beard and wearing a white skullcap? If he is, then we’ve got cause to worry.
He seems to be your garden variety curious mind without limits who, having made the ricin and being aware of it danger, did the right thing. Another Noonian Soong type. Here’s hoping he’s not jailed for satisfying his curiosity, if that’s what this is.