NM man charged with mailing suspicious powder

WAS AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN WHO WAS BEHIND THE 65 THREATENING LETTERS SENT TO BANKS AND FEDERAL OFFIC...  More »

WAS AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN WHO WAS BEHIND THE 65 THREATENING LETTERS SENT TO BANKS AND FEDERAL OFFICES AROUND THE COUNTRY BACK IN OCTOBER. RICHARD GOYETTE WAS ARRESTED BY THE FBI LAST NIGHT AT THE SUNPORT. THE F-B-I SAYS GOYETTE'S WASHINGTON MUTUAL STOCK TOOK A BEATING -- LOSING MORE THAN 60- THOUSAND DOLLARS. THEY SAY HE WAS LIVID AT CHASE -- WHICH TOOK OVER WASHINGTON MUTUAL. AND LIVID THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS BAILING OUT THE BANKS -- BUT NOT THE SHAREHOLDERS -- SO HE SENT THE LETTERS -- THAT CONTAINED A WHITE POWDER AND A NOTE SAYING THE POWDER WAS LETHAL. HERE'S ERIC KAHNERT WITH HOW INVESTIGATORS CONNECTED GOYETTE TO THE CRIME. THE F-B-I SAYS THEY WERE ABLE TO CONNECT 47 YEAR OLD RICHARD GOYETTE OF ALBUQUERQUE TO THE LETTERS ... BECAUSE OF EMAILS HE SENT TO FEDERAL AGENCIES AND BANKS IN THE WEEKS BEFORE THE LETTERS WENT OUT. INVESTIGATORS SAY THOSE EMAILS WERE SENT FROM COMPUTERS AT U- N-M AND C-N-M. IT WAS A CROSS- COUNTRY SCARE THAT QUICKLY MADE THE HEADLINES... 'letters filled with white powder are still turning up at banks around the country.'IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE THREATENING LETTERS SHOWED UP AT 65 BANKS IN 11 STATES IN MID OCTOBER ... INVESTIGATORS HONED IN ON SOME ANGRY EMAILS SENT TO THE SAME FEDERAL AGENCIES AND BANKS. THE EMAILS CAME FROM A 'RICH- GOYETTE-AT-YAHOO .''the emails were traced backed through forensic technology' AGENTS SAY IN THE EMAILS ... 47 YEAR OLD RICHARD GOYETTE INCLUDED HIS NAME AND ADDRESS ... A P-O BOX IN TIJERAS. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY QUICKLY LEARNED GOYETTE USED COMPUTERS AT U-N-M AND C-N-M TO SEARCH FOR THE ADDRESSES OF BANKS AND FEDERAL OFFICES WHERE THE LETTERS WITH WHITE POWDER WERE EVENTUALLY SENT. THAT POWDER TURNED OUT TO BE AN INGREDIENT USED IN CHALK OR ANTACIDS. 'these mailings even though in this case the substance that was in them presented no harm to the public they created tremendous alarm and panic' THE 65 LETTERS WERE ALL SENT THE DAME DAY -- OCTOBER 18TH -- FROM THIS POST OFFICE IN AMARILLO THE DAY THAT INVESTIGATORS SAY GOYETTE RENTED A CAR AT AN ENTERPRISE IN ALBUQUERQUE AND ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO DRIVE THE CAR TO TEXAS. THE CAR WAS RETURNED IN ALBUQUERQUE THE NEXT DAY WITH 630 MILES ON IT -- A LITTLE MORE THAN A ROUNDTRIP TO AMARILLO. WHEN INVESTIGATORS FOUND THAT OUT -- THEY SAY THEY KNEW GOYETTE WAS THEIR MAN. LAST NIGHT THEY MOVED IN -- NABBING GOYETTE AT THE SUNPORT AS HE BOARDED A PLANE. AGENTS SAY GOYETTE WAS LIVING IN NEW MEXICO UNDER THE NAME MICHAL JUREK -- HE WAS EVEN ABLE TO GET A DRIVER'S LICENSE USING THE ALIAS. M-V-D OFFICIALS TELL US THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT HAPPENED. WE KNOW GOYETTE ONCE LIVED IN THIS HOME NEAR MORRIS AND MONTGOMERY -- A NEIGHBOR TOLD US OFF CAMERA HE SEEMED LIKE A LONER. GOYETTE IS MENTIONED AS A SUSPECTED CAR THIEF IN A 2003 A-P-D REPORT ... BUT HE WAS NEVER CHARGED. IN FACT, HE HAS A CLEAN RECORD IN BERNALILLO COUNTY. GOYETTE WAS A STUDENT AT C-N-M IN 2000 ... AND, UNDER HIS FAKE NAME OF MICHAEL JUREK -- HE WORKED AT P-N-M. A SPOKESPERSON THERE WON'T TELL US WHAT HE DID ... OR HOW RECENTLY HE WAS AN EMPLOYEE THERE. AGENTS THINK GOYETTE SENT ONE LETTER FOR EVERY THOUSAND DOLLARS HE FELT HE WAS RIPPED OFF. EACH OF THOSE 65 LETTERS CARRIES UP TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON ... MEANING HE COULD SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE LOCKED UP. GOYETTE'S TRIAL WILL BE HELD IN AMARILLO. TOM/NICOLE, BACK TO YOU. THE LAST OF THE 65 LETTERS GOYETTE IS ACCUSED OF SENDING DID NOT HAVE A WHITE POWDER INSIDE. INSTEAD, IT CONTAINED A VERY SERIOUS THREAT. IT WAS SENT TO J-P MORGAN CHASE.. INVESTIGATORS SAY GOYETTE THREATENED THE QUOTE -- 'MCVEIGHING OF YOUR CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS WITHIN SIX MONTHS'. END QUOTE. IT'S A REFERENCE TO THE OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING IN 19- 95 THAT KILLED 168 PEOPLE. TIMOTHY MCVEIGH WAS EXECUTED FOR THAT ATTACK.//  « Less