Two agents from the state’s Tennessee Emergency Management Agency along with a HAZ MAT team from Rutherford County were called to Cannon County recently to conduct contamination tests on a letter a Cannon County resident received. According to Cannon County Sheriff’s Department Reports Deputy Jordan McGee went to a call on Hollow Springs Road where Ms. Robin Novoa stated that she received a suspicious letter from South Africa addressed to her son. Her son was active military and advised her that some records for the military had been compromised and that ISIS had gotten the names and addresses of active military and their families and were sending letters to them that were contaminated and that she needed to contact Homeland Security. After the TEMA Representatives and HAZMAT got to the Sheriffs Department they conducted the tests where no contamination was found. The letter was opened and read to see if there were any threats being made. The letter contained information where an individual was trying to receive money from the Novoa family and no threats were made and the scene was considered clear. The letter was taken to the TEMA offices in Nashville where it would be further investigated.
