Second Man in Anthrax Scare Freed

A man arrested in the Las Vegas anthrax scare and jailed in Columbus for alleged probation violations was released by a federal magistrate. Larry Wayne Harris and another man were arrested Feb. 18 after an FBI informant said they claimed to have deadly anthrax in their possession. The charges were dismissed after tests showed the material was harmless, but Harris was accused of violating his probation for a 1995 conviction for illegally ordering bubonic plague bacteria by mail. The magistrate said prosecutors failed to show that Harris violated probation.