Ricin Letter Spokane
During the execution of a search warrant, members of the Joint Federal Haz-Mat Team, FBI, and local law enforcement gather in front of the Osmun Apar...
During the execution of a search warrant, members of the Joint Federal Haz-Mat Team, FBI, and local law enforcement gather in front of the Osmun Apartments near the intersection of First Avenue and Oak Street in Browne's Addition on Saturday, May 18, 2013 in Spokane, Wash. The search warrant is in connection with ricin-laced letters intercepted at a Post Office facility in Spokane earlier in the week. (AP Photo/TheSpokesman-Review, Colin Mulvany) COEUR D'ALENE PRESS OUT
A 37-year-old who has been charged with threatening to kill a federal judge in a case that involves letters containing the poison ricin is a registered sex offender who lives in a rundown apartment building near downtown Spokane.
Matthew Ryan Buquet is originally from Bogota, Colombia.
He remains in jail after appearing in federal court Wednesday and pleading not guilty to a charge of mailing a threatening communication.
He is a registered sex offender from a 1998 conviction for taking indecent liberties with a 10-year-old girl. He most recently worked as a janitor at ABM Janitorial Services in Spokane.
