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Letters rigged to ignite when opened and bound for the governor’s offices in Virginia and West Virginia were intercepted Monday, officials said. Governor’s offices in at least 16 other states got similar letters last week.
The letter that arrived in Richmond never threatened Gov. Mark Warner, said Bill Leighty, the governor’s chief of staff. The letter, addressed to “executive chambers” in the state Capitol, was uncovered at a central mail-handling facility, Leighty said.
The letter to West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise, addressed to “WVA Governor,” made it to his office before it was intercepted.
Like the letters received last week, both bore a return address from Nevada’s maximum-security Ely State Prison.
