No change in transcript for case of ricin letter to Obama
A Mississippi man imprisoned for mailing poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and others was denied his request to change a court transcript.
Man files appeal on conviction he sent poison-laced letters
A Tupelo man seeks to overturn his 2014 conviction that he sent poison-laced letters to President Obama and others.
Mississippi man cleared of poison-letters charges sues feds
An Elvis impersonator and singer in Mississippi is suing the federal government for wrongful arrest after he was charged and later cleared of sending poisoned letters to President Barack Obama.
25 years for man in poisoned letters case
A Mississippi man who pleaded guilty to sending letters dusted with the poison ricin to President Barack Obama and other officials was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison.
Curtis says ricin poisoning accusations still sting him
More than a year after Paul Kevin Curtis was arrested and then abruptly turned loose on charges of sending poisoned letters to the president, a U.S. senator and a Mississippi judge, he says he just wants to return to being an entertainer.
Poison-letters defendant Dutschke wants to withdraw guilty plea
James Everett Dutschke is not going easily.
Judge OKs delay in Dutschke sentencing
A federal judge has granted a request to provide the attorney for a 42-year-old man who pleaded guilty to sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and other officials more time to review a pre-sentencing report.
Man in ricin-letter case pleads guilty to fondling
The man who pleaded guilty last week to federal charges of sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and other officials pleaded guilty Tuesday to unrelated fondling charges in state court in Mississippi.
Man pleads guilty to sending ricin-tainted letters
A former martial arts instructor pleaded guilty Friday to sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and other officials in a bizarre case in which authorities say he tried to frame a longtime enemy and Elvis impersonator who was briefly jailed in the case.
Arraignment set in Mississippi ricin letters case
A man charged with sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and other officials is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday on a new charge.
New indictment filed in Miss. ricin case
JACKSON — A Mississippi man charged with sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and other officials has been charged with trying for a second
Fondling trial set for ricin suspect
JACKSON — The man charged with sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and other officials is scheduled for trial in November on unrelated fondling
Man in ricin letters case sues suspect
JACKSON — An Elvis impersonator who was ultimately cleared of charges that he sent poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and others has filed a
New attorney appointed in Miss. ricin case
ABERDEEN — A federal judge has appointed a new lawyer to represent a Mississippi man charged with sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and
Lawyer wants delay in ricin poison letters trial
A federal public defender has asked a judge to delay the trial of man charged with sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a local judge.
Man indicted in poisoned letters case
JACKSON– A Mississippi man suspected of sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and two other officials was charged in a five-count federal indictment made
‘The perfect poison’: Ricin used in 3 recent cases
The key ingredient — castor beans — is easy to find. Crude instructions for extracting the lethal poison in them can be found on the Internet. And it doesn’t require a chemistry degree or sophisticated lab equipment.
Letters underscore NYC mayor’s place in gun debate
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been a public face of gun control for years, but he’s in a new, unsought spotlight after ricin-laced letters were sent to him and a group he helps lead.
FBI searches apartment in ricin letter case
SPOKANE, Wash. — Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the
Poison-letters suspect faces detention hearing
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.