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AP: Ricin mail suspect described body-parts conspiracy

Associated Press — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:36:15 +0000

CORINTH, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man accused of mailing letters with suspected ricin to national leaders believed he had uncovered a conspiracy to sell human body parts on the black market and sometimes performed as an Elvis Presley impersonator. Paul Kevin Curtis, 45, was arrested Wednesday at his home in Corinth, near the Tennessee [...]

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FBI: Ricin letter suspect ID’d as Paul Kevin Curtis of Corinth

Associated Press — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:27:31 +0000

OXFORD, Miss. — The FBI has identified a Mississippi man suspected of mailing letters containing poisonous ricin as 45-year-old Paul Kevin Curtis. FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen said Curtis was arrested Wednesday afternoon at his apartment in Corinth, near the Tennessee state line about 100 miles east of Memphis. Authorities still waited for [...]

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Mississippian arrested, accused of sending ricin-laced letters

Associated Press — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:18:32 +0000

TUPELO — A man in Mississippi has been arrested and accused of sending letters with suspected ricin poison to President Barack Obama and other leaders. FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen said the man was arrested today. His name wasn’t immediately released publicly. However, at least two sources, “NBC News” and the Clarion-Ledger, [...]

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(VIDEO) Senator: Police have suspect in Wicker ricin mailing

Associated Press — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:32:03 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — Police have a suspect in mind as they investigate a letter mailed to Sen. Roger Wicker that tested positive for poisonous ricin, a Senate colleague said. “The person that is a suspect writes a lot of letters to members,” Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said Tuesday as she emerged from a classified briefing. [...]

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Receipts show spending at gay sex shops by Southaven mayor

Associated Press — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:43:56 +0000

Receipts show Southaven Mayor Greg Davis, a Republican who ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2008 on a family-values platform, charged the city $67 for a purchase at a gay sex shop in Canada. The Mississippi auditor on Nov. 2 demanded Davis pay back more than $170,000 for personal expenses billed to taxpayers. There are no [...]

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FBI promotes Love

MBJ Staff — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 06:00:58 +0000

Jennifer S. Love has been appointed assistant director of the FBI’s Security Division. Love most recently served as acting assistant director of the FBI’s Inspection Division. Love began her career with the FBI as a financial analyst in the St. Louis Division, and completed New Agents Training in Quantico, Va. in 1987. She started her [...]

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Snakes from porn case unwanted

Associated Press — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:31:37 +0000

JACKSON — The federal government doesn’t want 41 venomous snakes from a man prosecutors say coerced an underaged girl to pose with the reptiles in pornographic photographs. Nobody seems to know where most of the snakes are, anyway. John Joseph Maillet, 48, pleaded guilty to production of child pornography and possession of a firearm by [...]

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FBI raids Toyota suppliers

Associated Press — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:26:31 +0000

NEW YORK — The FBI raided the U.S. headquarters of three auto parts suppliers as part of an antitrust investigation, the agency said Wednesday. The FBI’s Detroit office said agents raided the offices of Denso Corp, Yazaki North America and Tokai Rika. All the raids took place this evening. Justice Department spokeswoman Gina Talamona said [...]

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AGO, FBI issue scam alert for Mississippians

MBJ Newswires — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:01:45 +0000

JACKSON — Attorney General Jim Hood and special agent in charge Frederick T. Brink of the FBI’s Jackson Division are joining together and issuing a consumer alert regarding the numerous, ever-evolving scams that are victimizing citizens of Mississippi. Brink said, “The FBI receives calls daily from individuals who have either been approached by or have [...]

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