Mississippi Business Journal » poison http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Authorities: Suspect in ricin-laced letters case appeared to try to run http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/16/authorities-suspect-in-ricin-laced-letters-case-appeared-to-try-to-run/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=authorities-suspect-in-ricin-laced-letters-case-appeared-to-try-to-run http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/16/authorities-suspect-in-ricin-laced-letters-case-appeared-to-try-to-run/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 17:39:48 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74864 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/16/authorities-suspect-in-ricin-laced-letters-case-appeared-to-try-to-run/feed/ 1 Police no longer shadowing Wicker due to ricin letter http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/05/police-no-longer-shadowing-wicker-due-to-ricin-letter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=police-no-longer-shadowing-wicker-due-to-ricin-letter http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/05/police-no-longer-shadowing-wicker-due-to-ricin-letter/#comments Sun, 05 May 2013 18:45:27 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74327 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/05/police-no-longer-shadowing-wicker-due-to-ricin-letter/feed/ 0 Ricin-laced letters case going to grand jury http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/02/ricin-laced-letters-case-going-to-grand-jury/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ricin-laced-letters-case-going-to-grand-jury http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/02/ricin-laced-letters-case-going-to-grand-jury/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 21:48:41 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74150 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/02/ricin-laced-letters-case-going-to-grand-jury/feed/ 0 Suspect in ricin-laced letters to be in court for detention hearing http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/02/suspect-in-ricin-laced-letters-to-be-in-court-for-detonation-hearing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=suspect-in-ricin-laced-letters-to-be-in-court-for-detonation-hearing http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/02/suspect-in-ricin-laced-letters-to-be-in-court-for-detonation-hearing/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 11:58:12 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74133 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/02/suspect-in-ricin-laced-letters-to-be-in-court-for-detonation-hearing/feed/ 1 Items from suspect’s karate studio test positive for ricin http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/01/items-from-suspects-karate-studio-test-positive-for-ricin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=items-from-suspects-karate-studio-test-positive-for-ricin http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/01/items-from-suspects-karate-studio-test-positive-for-ricin/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 12:22:13 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74085 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/01/items-from-suspects-karate-studio-test-positive-for-ricin/feed/ 0 House ‘uninhabitable’ after search in ricin-laced letter case http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/30/house-uninhabitable-after-search-in-ricin-laced-letter-case/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=house-uninhabitable-after-search-in-ricin-laced-letter-case http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/30/house-uninhabitable-after-search-in-ricin-laced-letter-case/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:02:12 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74044 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/30/house-uninhabitable-after-search-in-ricin-laced-letter-case/feed/ 0 Man accused of sending ricin-laced letters makes brief court appearance http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/29/man-accused-of-sending-ricin-laced-letters-makes-brief-court-appearance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-accused-of-sending-ricin-laced-letters-makes-brief-court-appearance http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/29/man-accused-of-sending-ricin-laced-letters-makes-brief-court-appearance/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:16:35 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74002 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/29/man-accused-of-sending-ricin-laced-letters-makes-brief-court-appearance/feed/ 0 Dutschke charged with sending ricin-laced letters http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/28/dutschke-charged-with-sending-ricin-laced-letters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dutschke-charged-with-sending-ricin-laced-letters http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/28/dutschke-charged-with-sending-ricin-laced-letters/#comments Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:27:32 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=73973 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/28/dutschke-charged-with-sending-ricin-laced-letters/feed/ 0 Man investigated in ricin letters case goes into hiding http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/26/man-investigated-in-ricin-letters-case-goes-into-hiding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-investigated-in-ricin-letters-case-goes-into-hiding http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/26/man-investigated-in-ricin-letters-case-goes-into-hiding/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:41:33 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=73856 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/26/man-investigated-in-ricin-letters-case-goes-into-hiding/feed/ 0 Mystery thickens around who sent ricin-laced letters http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/25/mystery-thickens-around-who-sent-ricin-laced-letters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mystery-thickens-around-who-sent-ricin-laced-letters http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/25/mystery-thickens-around-who-sent-ricin-laced-letters/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:26:55 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=73828 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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