Man investigated in poisoned letters missing
Source: Associated Press
OZARK, Miss. -- Authorities in Mississippi say they are searching for the chief person of interest in the investigation of poisoned letters sent to President Barack Obama and other officials.
Itawamba County Sheriff Chris Dickinson says he is helping the FBI, which told him Everett Dutschke had been under surveillance but slipped away on Wednesday.
Itawamba deputies searched a home in Ozark where Dickinson said Dutschke was believed to have been on Wednesday. They found no one.
The sheriff says he believes a friend of Dutschke "may be helping him to lay low."
FBI spokeswoman Deborah Madden would not comment on the search.
Dutschke did not answer his cellphone when AP tried to contact him on Thursday.
Charges in the case were dropped against an earlier suspect.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/25/3364402/man-investigated-in-poisoned-letters.html
d_r
(6,907 posts)is because all the people in it are nuts
bluedigger
(17,077 posts)KansDem
(28,498 posts)Too bad The Three Stooges aren't still around...
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)Probably one of the best DU posts of the year!
Nobody really cares about this anymore because these people are all wackadoos and nobody was ever in serious danger.
former9thward
(31,798 posts)They are not "nobody".
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)I don't think this ricin was of the dangerous variety.
former9thward
(31,798 posts)I didn't follow the details of the story.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)I was still including the post office employees.
yellowcanine
(35,692 posts)Wow. First they charge the wrong guy based on a Facebook reference and then they let the prime suspect escape from under their noses. WTF is wrong with this picture?
randome
(34,845 posts)And when they realized their mistake, they changed direction. What's the big deal here?
yellowcanine
(35,692 posts)big deal. This is the FBI. They are paid to get it right.
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)On Wednesday, dozens of investigators were searching at a small retail space where neighboring business owners said Dutschke used to operate a martial arts studio. Officers at the scene wouldn't comment on what they were doing.
Investigators in gas masks, gloves and plastic suits emerged from the business carrying five-gallon buckets full of items covered in large plastic bags. Once outside, others started spraying their protective suits with some sort of mist.
Dutschke was seen outside the studio observing the search.
Talk about losing the scent. The guy was standing there while they searched.
Forgot link: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57581457/man-investigated-in-ricin-laced-letters-missing/
there was this in the earlier AP article at the link:
"They ripped everything out of the house," he said, adding: "I haven't slept at all."
If he isnt at that friends house, maybe he and his wife are at another friends house, or at a motel.
It could be that the FBI merely wants to tell him he can go home now because nothing suspicious was found.
gvstn
(2,805 posts)I remember reading last week about that police raid on the suspected meth lab where the owner of the house told the cops, "Sure go ahead and search. I'm just going to go over to friends house. Talk to you later." Happens all the time.
After all, it is not like there was some Federal crime involved.
frylock
(34,825 posts)and spend a little more time and energy focusing on real criminals.
bluedigger
(17,077 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)OWS is done with OWS.
Lasher
(27,497 posts)OWS committed a serious strategic error by demonstrating at Wall Street instead of in Washington, DC. They were never going to convince Wall Street Bankers to mend their ways. But they might have convinced some in Washington to regulate them.
randome
(34,845 posts)LeftInTX
(24,541 posts)I hope they can revive some sort of movement.
Anti-war demonstrations in the 60s got off to a rough start. However, they didn't give up they eventually made an impact.
tanyev
(42,356 posts)frogmarch
(12,144 posts)Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/25/3364402/man-investigated-in-poisoned-letters.html#storylink=cpy
muriel_volestrangler
(101,146 posts)so he'd be in trouble if he disappeared, whatever the outcome of the ricin case.
Dutschke, 41, of Tupelo pleaded not guilty during his April 15 arraignment and is free on $25,000 bond.
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The documents claim that Dutschkes alleged unlawful touching of one girl, now 18, occurred between January 2007 and March 2011.
The second alleged incidents involved a girl now 8 from November 2012 to January 2013.
The third charge claims he fondled a 7-year-old girl on Jan. 16, 2013.
http://djournal.com/view/full_story/22305400/article-Karate-teacher-Dutschke-indicted-on-3-child-fondling-charges