Unknown white substance delivered to Fani Willis’ office

homesafetytechpros — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 17:52:29 +0000

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis arrives during a hearing on the Georgia election interference case, Friday, March, 1, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Alex Slitz, Pool)

A substantial section of a courthouse in downtown Atlanta was evacuated on Friday in response to a suspicious parcel delivered to the office of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

The parcel, variously described in news reports as a package or a letter, contained an unidentified white substance and led to several people being treated for headaches and dizziness at the scene of the incident, according to the Atlanta Fire & Rescue Department.

The district attorney’s office was briefly under lockdown while a hazardous materials investigation unfolded. Dozens of emergency vehicles arrived as the investigation unfolded.

Ultimately, four people who exhibited symptoms were taken to nearby Grady Memorial Hospital for evaluation and the entire third floor of the courthouse was locked down while the investigation played out. By late Friday afternoon, however, other courthouse and district attorney’s office employees were able to return to work as the substance was found to be safe.

“A package was delivered to the office of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis today,” the district attorney’s office said in a statement obtained by Atlanta-based ABC affiliate WSB-TV. “When opened, an unknown substance was found inside. Four employees have been treated on the scene for symptoms. The District Attorney and her staff greatly appreciate the quick and effective response by Atlanta and Fulton County agencies to the scene to protect our colleagues and the public.”

An employee at the district attorney’s office first noticed the parcel and opened it around 2 p.m. — and alerted the fire department.

Firefighters on the scene made quick work of the call. Roughly 30 minutes after arriving, investigators determined the white powder was some kind of salt or starch and therefore not harmful, Atlanta Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Ronald Slatton told The Associated Press.

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“Due to the fact that they were initially giving some signs and symptoms of some type of exposure, we went ahead with a full hazmat response,” Slatton said in comments to WSB-TV.

The fire chief said he did not know who, exactly, the parcel was addressed to — only that it was delivered to the district attorney’s office, according to the AP. Asked about a motive, he also demurred.

“That’s for the law enforcement,” Slatton told the wire service.

Law enforcement, for their part, do not appear too concerned.

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Atlanta Police Department referred comment back to the Fire Department. And, when the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office — the agency which oversees courthouse security — was asked about the incident, a spokesperson said they were not investigating.

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A twice elected Democrat, Willis became a figure in national politics when her office famously leveled a 41-count indictment against Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants during the Joe Biden administration in August 2023. To date, however, the prosecution has largely stalled out over ethics issues within Willis’ office — including her former romantic relationship with one of the outside prosecutors brought on to help with the case.

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Florida man squirted ‘unknown liquid’ on girl at Miami store

homesafetytechpros — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 06:55:34 +0000

Inset: Sean Uribe (Miami-Dade Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation). Background: Ross Dress For Less store where Uribe allegedly poured an “unknown liquid” on a girl. (Google Maps)

A 25-year-old Florida man is behind bars after he allegedly poured an “unknown liquid” on an underage girl’s buttocks at a Miami-area Ross Dress For Less.

Sean Edward Uribe is facing a felony charge of battery on a child involving bodily fluids and a misdemeanor battery charge. He also is charged with tampering with evidence, per records.

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Miami ABC affiliate WPLG obtained an arrest report that says the incident occurred June 21 at the Ross at 14840 N. Kendall Dr. The girl told Miami-Dade police that she was shopping at the store when patrons came up to her and told her that a man wearing a Miami Dolphins hat and holding a syringe squirted an unknown liquid on the back of her jean shorts and then started filming her. Witnesses reportedly told store employees of the incident who called cops. The suspect fled before deputies arrived.

Cops were also investigating a similar incident in June with a suspect wearing a Dolphins hat. Detectives reportedly identified Uribe as a suspect and obtained a search warrant at his west Miami-Dade home. Officers allegedly recovered three syringes with a “viscus white liquid, consistent with semen” inside his bedroom. They also found the same clothes surveillance video showed the suspect was wearing, the affidavit reportedly said.

Uribe was taken to Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation on Thursday. He remains there on an $8,500 bond, records show.

According to court records, Uribe was arrested June 19 — two days before the alleged incident at Ross — for a misdemeanor battery charge. He was released on his own recognizance. That case has a trial hearing scheduled for Oct. 28.

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