Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 37-year-old Washington state man accused of sending a ricin-laden letter and death threat to a federal judge also is suspected of recently sending the poison to President Obama, the Associated Press reports. Matthew Ryan Buquet, who is being held without bond in a Spokane jail, has pleaded not guilty to sending…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Not much is known about the janitor charged Thursday with sending ricin-laced to a federal judge in Washington state. According to the Washington Post, Matthew Ryan Buquet is a short, balding 37-year-old and a registered sex offender. “He sticks to himself,” Scott Ward, who lives across the hall from Buquet’s apartment, told…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A man believed to be behind a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin was arrested by FBI agents Wednesday, the Associated Press reports. Authorities identified the suspect as Matthew Ryan Buquet, 37. “Our coordinated team acted swiftly to resolve a potentially dangerous situation, and continues working tirelessly around the clock…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The former martial arts instructor accused of sending Ricin-laced letters to President Obama and other officials tried to elude police in the days before his arrest, NBC News reports. Before authorities arrested James Everett Dutschke, 41, at his Mississippi home on April 27, he tried to hide from authorities who were following…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com You can find almost anything on eBay. According to the FBI, James Everette Dutschke used the online auction to buy a critical ingredient to making the toxin ricin, which he’s accused of sending to President Obama and two other political officials in a letter, Christian Science Monitor reports. Dutschke bought 100 red…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Kevin Curtis has had a rough month. First he was charged with mailing ricin-laced letters to President Obama and two other officials. Now, his attorney said, Curtis’ home is uninhabitable after a thorough search of his Mississippi house turned up no evidence of ricin, the Associated Press reports. Now that the charges…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents investigating who sent ricin-tainted letters to President Obama and other officials searched a martial arts studio in Mississippi on Wednesday after prosecutors dropped charges against the original suspect, CNN reports. Wearing hazardous materials suits, agents also searched the home of James Everett Dutschke on Tuesday after charges were dismissed against…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Charges have been dropped against the Mississippi man accused of sending ricin-tainted letters to President Obama and other public officials, NBC News reports. “I respect President Obama and love my country. I would never do anything to pose a threat to him or any other U.S. official,” Paul Kevin Curtis said at a news…
