by Associated Press Published: May 16,2013
Tags: executive, federal government, judge, lawmaker, legislative, legislator, letter, poison, politician, Politics, President, ricin, Senator, terror, terrorism, terrorist
TUPELO — Newly released documents say the man suspected of sending poison-laced letters to President Obama and others appeared to try to evade authorities just days before his arrest. James Everett Dutschke of Tupelo was charged April 27 with making ricin, the substance mailed to Obama, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker and Lee County judge Sadie [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 5,2013
Tags: elected official, law enforcement, lawmaker, legislator, poison, politician, Politics, public official, ricin, security, Senator
TUPELO — The security team of Capitol Police assigned U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker is no longer keeping tabs on him outside his Tupelo home or when he travels. The security was ordered for the Mississippi Republican after a letter containing ricin and addressed to his office was intercepted. Wicker told a Tupelo civic club Friday [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 2,2013
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OXFORD — A dust mask that tested positive for ricin also contained DNA from a Mississippi man suspected of sending poison-laced letters to President Obama and others, an FBI agent testified today. The testimony came during a preliminary hearing for James Everett Dutschke, 41, who was arrested Saturday at his home in Tupelo and charged [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 2,2013
Tags: attempted assassination, bench, court, crime, detention, detonate, elected official, hearing, judge, law, legal, letter, mail, poison, politician, Politics, post, President, public official, ricin, Senator
TUPELO — The first time James Everett Dutshcke’s name came up in court regarding ricin-laced letters sent to President Barack Obama and others, he wasn’t the man charged in the case. And it was a defense lawyer for the first man to fall under suspicion, not the government, pointing the finger at Dutschke. That was [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 1,2013
Tags: crime, elected official, investigation, judge, law, law enforcement, legal, letter, mail, poison, Politicians, post, Post Office, President, public official, ricin, Senator
TUPELO — When poison-laced letters were sent to President Barack Obama and two other officials, it didn’t take long to track down a suspect based on a phrase in one of the letters often used by a 45-year-old Elvis impersonator named Kevin Curtis: “I am KC and I approve this message.” Curtis was soon arrested [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 30,2013
Tags: attempted assassination, investigation, judge, law enforcement, letter, mail, poison, politician, Politics, President, ricin, Senator, terror, terrorism, terrorist
CORINTH — Attorneys for a Mississippi man who was briefly charged with sending ricin-laced letters to the president and others are encouraged after speaking with the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s office about repairing or replacing the man’s house after an intensive search left it uninhabitable. Christi McCoy, an attorney for Kevin Curtis, a 45-year-old [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 29,2013
Tags: attempted assasination, judge, law, law enforcement, legal, letter, mail, poison, politician, President, ricin, Senator, terror, terrorism, terrorist
TUPELO — A Mississippi man appeared briefly in court today on a charge that he made a deadly poison that was sent in letters to President Barack Obama, a senator and a judge. James Everett Dutschke was brought to federal court in Oxford wearing an orange jumpsuit with his hands shackled. The 41-year-old suspect said [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 28,2013
Tags: arrest, crime, elected official, invesigation, law, legal, letter, poison, politician, President, president judge, public official, ricin, Senator, terror, terrorism, terrorist
TUPELO — The arrest of a 41-year-old Mississippi martial arts instructor in a case of poison-laced letters sent to President Barack Obama and others capped a week in which investigators initially zeroed in on a rival of James Everett Dutschke, then decided they had the wrong man. Federal authorities arrested Dutschke early Saturday at his [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 26,2013
Tags: elected official, investigation, judge, law enforcement, letter, mail, poison, politician, President, public official, ricin, Senator, terror, terrorism, terrorist
TUPELO — A Mississippi man whose home and business were searched as part of an investigation into poisoned letters sent to the president and others has dropped out of sight in order to escape the news media spotlight, but is cooperating with authorities, a friend and his attorney said. Everett Dutschke, 45, had his home [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 25,2013
Tags: crime, investigation, judge, law enforcement, letter, poison, politician, Politics, post, President, ricin, Senator, terror, terrorism, terrorist
TUPELO — Of three ricin-laced letters mailed this month to public officials, only one made it into the hands of an intended target, 80-year-old Mississippi judge Sadie Holland. Investigators are working to piece together what motivated someone to send the letters to her, President Barack Obama and U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker. Holland is a common [...] [...]
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