The FBI has made a new arrest in the case of ricin letters sent to a U.S. Senator and the President. The charges come just days after charges against a previous subject, Paul Kevin Curtis, were dropped: A spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed J. Everett Dutschke, the man at the center of […]
It’s like the early 2000’s all over again: The U.S. Secret Service has intercepted a letter addressed to President Barack Obama that contained a “suspicious substance.” A law enforcement official said the letter is very similar to one recently mailed to Mississippi Republican Sen. Roger Wicker. That letter tested positive Tuesday for poisonous ricin. The […]
OK this is scary: Police in Las Vegas, Nevada, are investigating the discovery of what they said is the deadly poison ricin in a hotel room. Authorities were called to an Extended Stay America hotel around 3 p.m. PT Thursday after a man brought a bag with a small container to the manager’s office. The […]