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Ex-Teacher Pleads Guilty After Mailing White Powder Threats To Elementary School Staffers

Eric Quintanar
Ex-Teacher Pleads Guilty After Mailing White Powder Threats To Elementary School Staffers
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A former elementary school teacher has pleaded guilty to three counts of making biological agents and toxin hoaxes, after mailing threats and a suspicious white powder to staff members at several Florida-based elementary schools where she previously worked.

According to the Department of Justice, Maria Bassi Lauro, 66, sent the letters to four schools from which she had “effectively been fired for poor performance,” in 2018.

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