Suspicious mail sent to multiple NJ lawmakers

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Oct 17, 2026
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AI GeneratedFour New Jersey lawmakers were targeted by suspicious mailings as part of a broader national trend. While authorities were called to handle the deliveries and some substances were tested, no injuries were reported. The FBI and U.S. Postal Inspectors are currently investigating these incidents, which have also affected officials in other states ahead of Election Day.
Four New Jersey lawmakers were targeted Friday by suspicious mailings,
part of a growing wave of incidents across the country.
Congresswomen Bonnie Watson Coleman and Ana Lilia Mejia,
along with Congressman Frank Pallone and Rob Menendez,
were all among those targeted.
Authorities were called in to handle some
of those suspicious deliveries.
State police were called in to remove
a suspicious package from Watson Coleman's office.
Mejia says a municipal worker intercepted
a letter before it reached hers.
And Pallone's office says testing confirmed
the substance it received was not dangerous.
Fortunately, no one was hurt.
But the New Jersey incidents are part of a much larger concern.
Lawmakers in New York, Connecticut,
and California have also been targeted,
with similar mailings reported at election offices in other states.
The FBI and U.S. Postal Inspectors are investigating.
And with Election Day just weeks away,
there are still questions about who's sending these letters
and whether the incidents are connected.
Tom Krasnowski, News 12, New Jersey.
