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Is charged with using a chemical weapon to kill his ex-wife's boyfriend. >> he hid a substance inside a scratch-and-sniff birthday card. dan quail of our philadelphia affiliate has the story. >> reporter: heavily armed squaut teams moved in to the eleanor apartments. the teams wore full biohazard suits in event there was more of the deadly ricin at the suspect's apartment when they went in to get him. moments later authorities say 19-year-old nicholas todd hellman was arrested without incident and we want along with the heavily armed men. >> the individual has been taken into custody and we do...

Authorities say he told them his intent was to scare his ex-girlfriend in hopes of reconciling their relationship. he told them he coated the letter with sodium hydroxide, used to extract ricin from caster beans. >> preliminary lab results on the white powder that was found in that correspondence did prove to be, to test positive for the toxin of ricin. >> reporter: neighbors here were absolutely stunned something like this could happen here in little old hatboro. >> that's really disturbing. i have a 9-year-old, and the kids outside play, ride bikes around here. to know something like that's ...

Using a chemical weapon to kill his ex-girlfriend's boyfriend. >> he hid a substance inside a scratch-and-sniff birthday card. dan from our philadelphia affiliate has the story. >> reporter: heavily armed s.w.a.t. teams moved in to the eleanor apartments. the teams wore full biohazard suits in event there was more of the deadly ricin at the suspect's apartment when they went in to get him. moments later authorities say 19-year-old nicholas todd hellman was arrested without incident and very quietly went along with the very heavily armed men. >> the individual has been taken into custody and we...

Richardson met with authorities to say her husband had mailed three ricin-laced letters. the arrest warrant placed caster beans in the trunk of her husband's car to ensure that he would be apprehended. investigators descended on the couple's home. from the beginning, investigators were suspicious of her story and now believe it was shannon richardson, not her husband, who mailed the letters, which contained an ominous threat. you will have to kill me and my family before you get my guns. the right to bear arms is my god given right. what's in this letter is nothing compare today what i've go...

Suspicious substance in the family refrigerator but they won't tell us what was found. ricin is a by-product of caster beans. the richards sons have five kids. she's appeared in shows like walking dead and vampire diaries. he works at a army depot. the letters had low-levels of ricin. the poison was crudely made and poor quality. the letters from sent to new york mayor bloomberg and his group called mayors against illegal guns and president obama. all the letters sent from shreveport, laws louisiana and all said you'll have to kill me before you get my guns. anyone who comes to my house will g...