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April 2013 Ricin attack attempt was made in April 19, 2013 when a letter laced with ricin, a deadly poison, was sent to President Obama, along with a U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, and Sadie Holland, a Justice Court judge in Lee County, Mississippi. Elvis impersonator Paul Kevin Curtis was charged in the case but later charges were dismissed as FBI agents searched the home of Everett Dutschke his nearby rival, who had been indicted by a grand jury, Dutschke was described by the Daily Beast as a " 41-year-old blues singer, karate master, insurance salesman, Mensa member, accused child molester, and one-time GOP candidate for the Mississippi House of Representatives" Dutschke pled guilty in January, 2014.
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- Wikipedia: April 2013 ricin letters
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January 24, 2014 A Mississippi man accused of sending poisoned letters to President Barack Obama and two other public officials, and then pinning them on an Elvis impersonator, pleaded guilty in U.S. court and agreed to a 25-year jail sentence, the Justice Department announced on Friday. James Everett Dutschke, 41, has been jailed since his arrest last April,..Dutschke, a former martial arts instructor and one-time political candidate, originally had denied the charges but on Friday changed his plea in U.S. District Court in Oxford, Mississippi, according to a Justice Department press release.
Man Charged With Sending Ricin To Obama To Change Plea
Reuters | Posted 01.25.2014 | Politics
Charges Dismissed Against Elvis Impersonator In Ricin Case
Paul Kevin Curtis and J. Everett Dutschke: Epic Feud and Ricin Letters
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Elvis Impersonator Paul Kevin Curtis and the Ricin Assassination Plot
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Paul Kevin Curtis Ricin - Huffington Post
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Apr 18, 2013 - Authorities arrested Paul Kevin Curtis in connection to thericin-tainted letters tent to President Obama and government offices, April 17, 2013.
Paul Kevin Curtis, Ricin, Obama, and Wicker | TIME.com
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Charges Dropped Against Mississippi Man In Ricin Case : The Two ...
www.npr.org/.../suspect-in-ricin-letters-is-released-on-bon...Apr 23, 2013 - On Monday, FBI investigators said they had not found any trace of ricin in a search of Paul Kevin Curtis' home.
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Paul Kevin Curtis, ricin suspect, released from jail - Associated ...
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