$20,000 REWARD FOR SUSPECT WHO MAILED POISON LETTER TO COUNTY CHILDREN'S SERVICES OFFICE

 

 

PRESS RELEASE

Contact:  Tony Bell, Communications Deputy    Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Office:  (213) 974-5555  Cell: (213) 215-5176    E-mail:  tbell@bos.lacounty.gov

 

 

November 18, 2008                                                                            For Immediate Release

 

ANTONOVICH OFFERS $20,000 REWARD FOR SUSPECT WHO MAILED POISON LETTER TO COUNTY CHILDREN’S SERVICES OFFICE

 

LOS ANGELES COUNTY – The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion by  Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual(s) responsible for mailing an envelope laced with arsenic to the Lancaster Office of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services.

 

On Monday, November 17, 2008 at 11:30 a.m., the threatening letter laced with arsenic  was discovered at the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services office located on Avenue J in Lancaster.  Suspicious packages were also sent to DCFS offices in Chatsworth, Covina, El Monte, and Baldwin Hills.

 

Supervisor Antonovich encourages witnesses of this crime or anyone with information to contact Sgt. Michael Kelleher at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department at (323) 881-7891. 

 

 

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