Mississippi man held for ‘poison letters’ to Obama
19 April 2013 6:02 AM IST
A Mississippi man has been arrested as a suspect in connection with the mailing of three deadly ricin poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama, a senator and a Mississippi official
The man was arrested Wednesday at approximately 5:15 p.m. local time, Fox News reported citing FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen.
Discovery of the deadly letters addressed to Obama and Republican senator Roger Wicker Tuesday, just a day after the Boston bombings, had rattled Washington.
The letter to Obama was intercepted at an off-site White House mail facility and apparently was from the same sender who mailed a ‘very similar’ letter to Wicker, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said Wednesday.
The Department of Justice said Wednesday the suspect was arrested at his Corinth, Mississippi, home following an investigation conducted by the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Forces in Memphis, Tennessee and Jackson, Mississippi, the US Capitol Police, and the US Postal Service, the US Secret Service. The suspect has been identified as 45-year-old Paul Kenneth Curtis of Tupelo, Mississippi, Fox News said citing an unnamed source. Fox News citing an FBI bulletin said the letter sent to Obama and Wicker included the phrase: ‘To see a wrong and not expose it, is to become a silent partner to its continuance.’
The man was arrested Wednesday at approximately 5:15 p.m. local time, Fox News reported citing FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen.
Discovery of the deadly letters addressed to Obama and Republican senator Roger Wicker Tuesday, just a day after the Boston bombings, had rattled Washington.
The letter to Obama was intercepted at an off-site White House mail facility and apparently was from the same sender who mailed a ‘very similar’ letter to Wicker, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said Wednesday.
The Department of Justice said Wednesday the suspect was arrested at his Corinth, Mississippi, home following an investigation conducted by the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Forces in Memphis, Tennessee and Jackson, Mississippi, the US Capitol Police, and the US Postal Service, the US Secret Service. The suspect has been identified as 45-year-old Paul Kenneth Curtis of Tupelo, Mississippi, Fox News said citing an unnamed source. Fox News citing an FBI bulletin said the letter sent to Obama and Wicker included the phrase: ‘To see a wrong and not expose it, is to become a silent partner to its continuance.’
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