Letters Stuffed With White Powder

The Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating a statewide anthrax scare.

Local lawmakers are among the targets.

Nine letters with white powder were sent to six locations:
- Congressman Mike Rogers office at the federal courthouse in Anniston
- Senator Richard Shelby's office at a federal building in Birmingham
- Rogers', Shelby's and Senator Jeff Sessions' offices at the state capitol building in Montgomery.
- Congressman Jo Bonner's offices in Mobile and Foley
- The 9th letter was discovered at federal courthouse in Mobile. It was addressed to Shelby.

The 15th floor of the RSA Tower in downtown Mobile, where one of Bonner's offices is located, was evacuated as a precaution. So was Bonner's office in Foley. It's located in a shopping center on McKenzie Street. More than a dozen businesses in that shopping center, including the News 5 bureau, were also evacuated.

At least one of the letters addressed to Bonner was postmarked in Montgomery on December 29th.

The powder tested negative from any biological agents but the FBI takes all letter like this seriously. Special Agent In Charge Tim Furhman says there's no telling what the motive could be. "Sometimes the motive comes out of nowhere and you know I think people have an ax to grind with a particular agency or individual but I can't speculate on what the motive would be."

A source tells News 5 that the white powder is actually Sweet'N Low. No arrests have been made but the FBI believes all the letters are connected.