Officials: Arrest Made in Ricin Letter Investigation

A kook in Tupelo
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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.

UPDATE at 4/17/13 5:20:32 pm

NBC News reports that the ricin letters were completely unrelated to the Boston bombings. The timing appears to be pure coincidence.

UPDATE at 4/17/13 5:35:18 pm

The suspect’s full name is Paul Kevin Curtis:

UPDATE at 4/17/13 6:22:03 pm

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:

UPDATE at 4/17/13 6:30:53 pm

Imagine, if you will, our immense surprise — Mr. Curtis is a dyed in the wool wingnut:

(h/t: Gus.)

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