A Sacramento man is behind bars this week after prosecutors say he sent dozens of letters — some containing white powder — threatening to kill police officers, government officials, members of the LGBTQ community and white people to try to incite a race war.
Darnell Ray Owens, 32, was arrested in Oklahoma on Friday, the same day officials filed a sealed complaint in federal court in Sacramento charging him with mailing threatening communications and conducting a hoax involving biological weapons. He has not yet entered a plea.