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FIRST ON FOX: The FBI arrested an Oklahoma City man early Monday suspected of sending hundreds of letters containing suspicious white powder to officials across the country during the 2024 and 2026 election cycles, a federal law enforcement source told Fox News Digital.
The suspect’s first court appearance is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon. The letters were sent to more than 100 locations, including several secretary of state and election offices, the source said.
The FBI Oklahoma City Field Office, FBI Criminal Division, United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), United States Capitol Police, and the Oklahoma City Police Department (OKCPD) conducted the investigation.
The FBI is investigating suspicious white powder letters sent to Schumer and Democratic senators as the threat spreads nationally.
The arrest comes as federal authorities investigate suspicious letters sent to congressional and elections offices ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
U.S. Capitol Police walk past the U.S. Capitol on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 13, 2022. (Reuters/Joshua Roberts)
The FBI said it was working with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service to investigate “a series of suspicious mailers sent to various addresses across the country, including secretary of state offices and their associated election offices,” the Associated Press reported last month.
Authorities had warned recipients to consider the mailings “potentially dangerous” as they worked to intercept additional letters before they reached their destination, according to the news outlet.
The FBI arrested an Oklahoma City man early Monday who allegedly sent hundreds of letters containing suspicious white powder to officials across the country. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP)
The FBI said in an Oct. 23 advisory that no hazardous materials have been identified in the suspected substances tested at this point, although laboratory testing is still underway.
Several Senate offices reported receiving or receiving suspicious mail.
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The arrest comes as federal authorities investigate suspicious letters sent to congressional and elections offices ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)
A letter addressed to Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester’s office in Delaware was intercepted by Capitol Police, while suspicious mail addressed to the offices of Sens. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., was intercepted by postal authorities, AP reported.
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Similar suspicious letters were sent to election offices in more than 15 states during the 2024 election cycle, prompting evacuations and hazmat responses, the Associated Press reported at the time. Authorities have determined that certain substances are harmless.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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