FOXNews.com: Mississippi man released after arrest in ricin-letter probe

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Mississippi man released after arrest in ricin-letter probe Apr 23rd 2013, 17:20 The Mississippi man charged with sending ricin-laced letters to President Obama has been released, the U.S. Marshals Service said Tuesday.  Jeff Woodfin, chief deputy with the U.S. Marshals Service in Oxford, Miss., confirmed the release to the Associated Press but said he didn't know if there were any conditions on the release.  Two sources had earlier confirmed to Fox News that the FBI was looking into the possibility that he might have been framed as part of a grudge against him from someone in his neighborhood. A detention hearing for Paul Kevin Curtis that was scheduled for Tuesday has also been postponed.  The development comes after investigators said they hadn't found any ricin in his house. Agent Brandon Grant said that a search of Curtis' vehicle and house in Corinth, Miss., on Friday did not turn up ricin or ingredients for the poison. A search of Curtis' computers has found no evidence so far that he researched making ricin.  Through his lawyer, Curtis has denied involvement in letters sent to Obama, Mississippi Republican Sen. Roger Wicker, and a Lee County, Miss., judge. The letters, bearing a Memphis, Tenn., postmark, were detected beginning April 15.  Curtis' lawyer said in court that someone may have framed Curtis, suggesting that a former co-worker with whom Curtis had an extended exchange of angry emails may have set him up.  The FBI agent filling out charging documents, though, said there was "probable cause to believe" that Curtis broke federal law by sending the ricin-laced letters -- those letters, intercepted in the wake of the Boston bombing attack, caused alarm in Washington last week as law enforcement scrambled to respond.  Curtis, a sometime-Elvis impersonator who appeared in a Mississippi federal court Thursday and denied wrongdoing, has penned numerous rants accusing the government of hounding him.  According to the charging documents, he posted a photo on his Facebook page April 12 with the quote: "To see a wrong and not expose it, is to become a silent partner to its continuance."  The ricin-laced letters contained the same quote.  The documents also said the FBI were told he has been investigated on several occasions since 2007.  "In 2007, Curtis' ex-wife reported to the Booneville Police Department that CURTIS was extremely delusional, anti-government, and felt the government was spying on him with drones," the documents said.  He was charged last Thursday. The charged carried a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and $500,000 in fines.  Fox News' Mike Levine and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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