An Illinois man was arrested and charged by federal authorities for allegedly mailing letters containing an unknown substance to the state’s congressional offices, the Department of Justice said on Monday.
Matthew Unglesbee, a 36-year-old resident of Quincy in southwestern Illinois, was charged with violations related to false information and hoaxes and mailing threatening communications. He appeared in court on Monday and will attend a detention hearing set for 3 p.m. Wednesday at the federal courthouse in Springfield.
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