NOVANEWS
ed note–so, as in the case of the anthrax laced letters sent after 9/11 which were not solved, this latest–coming right on the heals of the Boston Massacre, also have no suspects.
cnn.com
Thrust into the headlines last week, accused of sending ricin-tainted letters to President Barack Obama and two other officials, Paul Kevin Curtis is a free man again.
“It’s like a train has been lifted off my shoulders,” Curtis told CNN’s “Piers Morgan Live” on Tuesday. “I’m overwhelmed. I’m extremely happy to be vindicated and out and able to see my kids.”
Charges were dropped and “new information” became available, U.S. Attorney Felicia Adams said.
Authorities are investigating whether someone may have tried to falsely implicate the Elvis impersonator from Corinth, Mississippi, a law enforcement source said on condition of anonymity.
Curtis was arrested April 17 and charged with sending a threat to the president last week after letters containing the poison triggered security scares around Washington.
Former ricin suspect happy with vindication
Curtis said his arrest was surreal.
“It looked like a scene out of a movie,” said Curtis, adding that there were hooded men with machine guns. “I was just overwhelmed. I just kept asking, ‘what is ricin? What did I do?’”
Curtis’ attorney, Christi McCoy, said her client has been framed by someone who used several phrases Curtis likes to use on social media.
The letters read, in part: “To see a wrong and not expose it, is to become a silent partner to its continuance.”
