LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas man has pleaded guilty to mailing white
powder to U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton’s Washington office with a letter stating,
“Maybe this will get your attention.”
Henry Goodloe on Thursday pleaded guilty in federal court to a count of
conveying false information about possessing a biological weapon for the August
2018 letter he mailed to the Republican senator. Prosecutors say a Senate mail
facility intercepted the letter and a hazardous response team determined the
powder was unbleached flour and starch.
The letter’s return address was Goodloe’s home address in Pine Bluff, about 40
miles (64 kilometers) southeast of Little Rock.
A sentencing hearing hasn’t been set yet for the 77-year-old Goodloe. He faces
up to five years in prison.
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