Another fool tried to fake a hate crime. This time, he leaves some unintended evidence of a larger problem.
Here's the problem, potassium perchlorate is an oxidizer that can be a component in fireworks, homemade flashbang grenades or an explosive. It's expensive to buy ($8-10 a pound) or it can be made at home from bleach. So why use an explosive ingredient as the fake anthrax unless you've got a lot of it laying around? And why does he have it laying around at all?
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An Oklahoma City man was charged Wednesday with a felony after he allegedly sent a threatening letter to a mosque containing a white powder meant to be mistaken for anthrax.
Justin William Bouma, 32, was charged in Oklahoma County District Court with the rarely filed felony count known as the crime of terrorist hoax. Bouma also was charged with one misdemeanor count of malicious injury and destruction of property.
Prosecutors allege Bouma sent the letter to the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City on June 1. The imam at the mosque, 3815 N St. Clair Ave., contacted the FBI after opening it.
After testing the powder, the Oklahoma City Fire Department determined it was harmless. Police reported the powder was potassium perchlorate.
Here's the problem, potassium perchlorate is an oxidizer that can be a component in fireworks, homemade flashbang grenades or an explosive. It's expensive to buy ($8-10 a pound) or it can be made at home from bleach. So why use an explosive ingredient as the fake anthrax unless you've got a lot of it laying around? And why does he have it laying around at all?