OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) - A search warrant details that two UW-Oshkosh professors' concerns that a student may have been making ricin prompted a hazmat search at an area home.
Oshkosh police and the FBI are still not talking about what the hazardous material found at the home in the 800 block of Frederick Street on Friday. However, FOX 11 has obtained a search warrant that shows the 21-year-old man arrested is a student at UW-Oshkosh.
Two UW-Oshkosh professors contacted police about the student possibly making the ricin, according to the search warrant. It also says the man's roommate told authorities three castor bean plants were growing in the backyard.
The seeds from castor bean plants are poisonous to people, animals and insects. According to Cornell University, ricin is one of the main toxic proteins found in castor bean plants.
The FBI was called in over the weekend and has taken the materials back to Virginia to analyze.
No charges have been filed against the 21-year-old man and the DA’s office says he is not expected in court Monday.
(Additional reporting from FOX 11).
