Clayton Lee Waagner was born on August 25,1956 and is an American convicted bank robber and anti-abortion terrorist.
11 Facts About Clayton Waagner
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Clayton Waagner was an escaped fugitive during the spring, summer and fall of 2001 and was the FBI's 467th fugitive to be placed on the Ten Most Wanted list for carjackings, firearms violations, and bank robbery on September 21,2001.
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Clayton Waagner was placed on the United States Marshals Service Top 15 Fugitives list for sending more than 280 letters that claimed to contain anthrax, which he mailed to Planned Parenthood with return addresses of the Marshals Service and the Secret Service beginning in October 2001.
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However, after crossing into Illinois his vehicle broke down, and Clayton Waagner was arrested when Illinois State Police stopped to investigate.
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Clayton Waagner was convicted on charges of interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle and for being a convicted felon in possession of firearms.
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Clayton Waagner next became wanted for carjackings across the state line in Tunica, and Robinsonville, Mississippi, and firearms violations in Memphis, Tennessee, on September 7,2001.
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On November 29,2001, the FBI took the unusual step of releasing a press release of new information about Clayton Waagner seeking the public's assistance, while pointing out that Clayton Waagner's letters were not associated with the recent letters that had been sent to the offices of Senators Tom Daschle and Patrick Leahy which actually did contain anthrax.
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Clayton Waagner was captured on December 5,2001, after a clerk at a Kinko's copy shop in Springdale, Ohio, identified him from a photograph on a wanted poster circulated by members of the United States Marshals Service.
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Clayton Waagner had been known to patronize Kinko's stores in the past, and for this reason the Marshals sent a copy to every store in the chain.
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Clayton Waagner, already serving over 48 years in prison for other crimes, was sentenced to 19 years in a federal prison.
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Clayton Waagner is currently serving in FCI Cumberland, a medium-security federal correctional institution in Cumberland Maryland with a projected release in 2042.