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The Mississippi man accused of sending ricin-tainted letters to President Barack Obama and other officials has been released from federal custody, a spokesman for the U.S. Marshals Service said today.
Paul Kevin Curtis, an Elvis impersonator from Corinth, Mississippi, was charged with sending a threat to the president last week after letters containing the deadly toxin triggered a security scare in Washington. But a preliminary hearing that had been scheduled to continue today was canceled and Curtis was released.
Jeff Woodfin, a chief deputy marshal, said Curtis was no longer in federal custody but did not know the circumstances surrounding his release.
darkangel218
(13,985 posts)Probably. He looked and sounded like a goof ball. I doubt he wouldve tried to hurt anyone.
But you never know.
Robb
(39,665 posts)Not right, that one.
if he is innocent---
now all those right wing pigeons were flipping out about the dude having a "democrat" bumper sticker are going to come up with a new conspiracy theory about how they let him go so as not to embarrass democrats.
Glad I got a sticker on my truck then.
whttevrr
(2,345 posts)He may have been mocking the car with a dem bumper sticker. he had a tweet advocating for the Alabama tea party. So, he was a persecuted tea party guy. He was illegally detained by the commie liberals...
Terra Alta
(5,158 posts)Not a peep from the right about that part, though.
whttevrr
(2,345 posts)Christians are not terrorists. Those abortion clinic bombers are 'protectors of life'.
Poll_Blind
(23,864 posts)Deep, deep trouble. We're talking allegedly mailing ricin to the President, here.
PB
PD Turk
(1,289 posts)So they dropped the ricin charges, any word if they're still going to charge him for this?
whttevrr
(2,345 posts)In the Graceland Jail House.
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)thank you, thank you very much.
frogmarch
(12,144 posts)I haven't heard anything saying that charges were dropped.