Officials: Arrest Made in Ricin Letter Investigation
CNN is reporting, and it’s backed up by official sources on the record so you can believe it this time, that an arrest has been made in Tupelo, Mississippi in the ricin letter case.
(CNN) — An arrest has been made in connection with letters sent to President Barack Obama and Sen. Roger Wicker that authorities are testing to determine if they contain ricin, two federal law enforcement officials said Wednesday.
The person was arrested in the Tupelo, Mississippi, area, one of the officials said.
NBC News reports that the ricin letters were completely unrelated to the Boston bombings. The timing appears to be pure coincidence.
The suspect’s full name is Paul Kevin Curtis:
FBI now identifies Tupelo suspect as Paul Kevin Curtis arrested for ricin letters to Sen Wicker and President Obama @nbcnightlynews
— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) April 18, 2013
Some links to posts around the Internet by Paul Kevin Curtis:
kyivpost.com
kcjustice4u.blogspot.com
twitter.com
plus.google.com
And a tweet posted by @kevincurtislive uses the same phrase investigators found in the ricin letters:
This is how us video peeps roll & how “we the people’ find justice in Mississippi :) ha ha haThis is KC & I approve …lnkd.in/4cemU6
— Kevin Curtis Live (@kevincurtislive) February 17, 2012
Imagine, if you will, our immense surprise — Mr. Curtis is a dyed in the wool wingnut:
who thinks Ted Nugent should run for President?
— Kevin Curtis Live (@kevincurtislive) May 5, 2012
is this really the presidents mama? twitter.com/kevincurtisliv…
— Kevin Curtis Live (@kevincurtislive) February 22, 2013
we the people did not vote him in (nor did we the 1st term) it takes many years (and personal dedication towards TRUTH/JUSTICE)
— Kevin Curtis Live (@kevincurtislive) November 7, 2012
(h/t: Gus.)
