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Martial arts instructor arrested in case of poisoned letters
TUPELO, Miss. — FBI agents arrested a Mississippi martial arts instructor early Saturday in the bizarre case of poisoned letters sent to President Obama, a U.S. senator and a local judge. James Everett Dutschke was arrested without incident at his...
Tags: FBI, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013), Police Investigations, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Barack Obama
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Personal feud emerges in Mississippi ricin investigation
The investigation into ricin-laced letters addressed to the president, a U.S. senator and a Mississippi judge highlighted a personal feud Wednesday and an unusual cast of characters — starting with Paul Kevin Curtis, an Elvis impersonator who had...
Tags: FBI, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013), Trials, Barack Obama, Book
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Prosecutors drop charges against ricin suspect, filing confirms
Officials have dropped charges against the Elvis impersonator accused of mailing ricin-laced letters to President Obama, a U.S. senator and a Mississippi judge, according to a court filing Tuesday. Poisoning suspect Paul Kevin Curtis of Corinth, Miss.,...
Tags: FBI, Police Investigations, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013), Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Trials
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Poison letters suspect in Mississippi released
A Mississippi man who had been accused of sending ricin-laced letters to President Obama, a U.S. senator and a Mississippi judge was set free Tuesday and charges against him were dropped as authorities converged on the home of another man. Paul Kevin...
Tags: FBI, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013), Defense Intelligence Agency, Trials, Barack Obama
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Charges dropped against man in ricin letters case
From the Associated PressCharges were dropped Tuesday against the Mississippi man accused of sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and others, while authorities searched at another man's home in connection with the case. The surprising move was announced in a...Tags: FBI, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013), Police Investigations, Law Enforcement, Barack Obama
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No evidence of ricin at Mississippi suspect's home, FBI testifies
Paul Kevin Curtis dreamed of conspiracy and was convinced that the government was spying on him -- which it had been, at least a little, since 2007, in the sense that officials occasionally investigated him on suspicions that his anti-government ramblings...
Tags: FBI, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013), Media Industry, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Trials
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Ricin suspect believed he was in 'secret war'
WASHINGTON — In the early-morning hours before he was arrested on suspicion of sending a poison-laced letter to the president of the United States, Paul Kevin Curtis was typing messages on his Facebook profile. Over the previous few days, the 45-...
Tags: Government, Sociology, FBI, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Secret Service
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Ricin suspect hired by senator as Elvis impersonator
WASHINGTON -- A U.S. senator who was the intended recipient of a letter apparently laced with ricin said he had hired the suspected sender, an Elvis impersonator, to play at a wedding a decade ago. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), a quiet two-term senator...
Tags: Entertainment, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013), Barack Obama
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Mississippi man arrested in ricin mailings
WASHINGTON -- A Mississippi man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of sending ricin-laced letters to President Obama, a U.S. senator and another official, authorities said. The FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service said Paul Kevin Curtis was taken into...
Tags: FBI, White House, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013), Barack Obama, Sports
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FBI: No signs ricin letters connected to Boston attack
WASHINGTON – Investigators say there are no signs of a link between the Boston Marathon bombings and potentially poisonous letters sent to the President Obama and a U.S. senator. An FBI statement issued Wednesday said the investigation into the...
Tags: FBI, Anthrax, White House, Police Investigations, Jay Carney
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Letter sent to Obama tested positive for ricin, official says
WASHINGTON -- An envelope addressed to President Obama and intercepted at a mail processing facility has tested positive for the poison ricin, a law enforcement official said Wednesday. Officials are conducting additional tests to confirm the result,...
Tags: FBI, U.S. Secret Service, White House, Barack Obama
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Powerful poison Ricin found in letter sent to U.S. senator
This post has been updated and corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON -- An envelope laced with the lethal poison Ricin and addressed to a U.S. senator was found at Maryland mail processing facility, officials said Tuesday. The envelope, intended for the office of Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), was discovered...Tags: Angus King, Robert Mueller, FBI, Janet Napolitano, Laws
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