East Texas Woman Accused of Ricin Letters Held in Jail

TEXARKANA (AP) � The East Texas woman accused of mailing poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and others has been ordered to remain behind bars until her trial. Richardson appeared Wednesday morning for a detention hearing in federal court in Texarkana. U.S. Magistrate Caroline Craven denied Shannon Guess Richardson�s request for bond, ruling that Richardson was a serious flight risk. Authorities say the New Boston, Texas, actress sent ricin-laced letters to Obama, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and a leader of the mayor�s gun-control group. Court documents state she then tried to frame her husband for the crime. Richardson was arrested in June in Mt. Pleasant. She�s charged with two counts of threat by mail and one of threatening the president. She remains jailed after giving birth in July.