Police: Inmate behind anthrax hoax threatened Justin Bieber

MONTPELIER — A Vermont inmate who once hatched a plot in a New Mexico prison to kill pop singer Justin Bieber was behind an anthrax scare at the Barre courthouse where he was sentenced for killing a 15-year-old girl, police said.

The courthouse received an envelope Wednesday containing white powder and a note claiming it was anthrax. The envelope was marked as inmate correspondence from a Delaware prison where Dana Martin, 48, is serving 35 years to life for the 2000 slaying.

Martin acknowledged the envelope contained foot powder when confronted by prison officials in Delaware, Barre Police Chief Tim Bombardier said Thursday.

“Martin is known to us,” said Bombardier, noting that over the years, he has received calls from police departments nationwide checking on Martin’s claims to have information about other crimes. None has checked out.

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