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| FILE - In this Tuesday April 23, 2013 file photo, Everett Dutschke stands in the street near his home in Tupelo, Miss., and waits for the FBI to arrive and search his home in connection with the sending of poisoned letters to President Barack Obama and others. FBI spokeswoman Deborah Madden says Dutschke, 41, was arrested Saturday, April 27, 2013, at his Tupelo home in connection with the letters, which allegedly contained ricin. They were sent last week to Obama, Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi and earlier to 80-year-old Mississippi Judge Sadie Holland. |
BRANDON, Miss.
(AP) -- Authorities have charged a Mississippi man with making and
possessing ricin in the investigation into poison-laced letters sent to
President Barack Obama and others.
U.S.
attorney Felicia C. Adams and Daniel McMullen, the FBI agent in charge
in Mississippi, made the announcement in a news release Saturday
following the arrest of 41-year-old James Everett Dutschke.
FBI spokeswoman Deborah Madden said Dutschke (pronounced DUHS'-kee) was arrested about 12:50 a.m. Saturday at his house Tupelo.
The
letters, which tests showed were tainted with ricin, were sent April 8
to Obama, Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi and 80-year-old Mississippi
judge Sadie Holland.
Dutschke is expected to appear Monday in U.S. District Court in Oxford, Miss.
He faces life in prison if convicted.
His lawyer said in a text that she had no comment.
