Court convicts defendant of attempted murder threat for sending white powder envelope during anthrax scare.

The police court convicted the defendant of attempted murder threats for sending an envelope containing white powder to her employer during the 2001 anthrax scare. Although the defense argued the act was a harmless joke and that the defendant played a minor role, the court found the context created a real life-threatening danger. The defendant was sentenced to 60 hours of work labor and one month of suspended prison time.