Sen. Wicker says he hired suspect in possible ricin mailings as Elvis impersonator

By The Associated Press ·

Wicker says he hired suspect in possible ricin mailings as Elvis impersonator

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Roger Wicker says he once hired the man accused of mailing suspicious letters as an Elvis impersonator.

The Mississippi Republican said he hired Paul Kevin Curtis of Corinth, Miss., to entertain at an engagement party. The 45-year-old Curtis faces charges stemming from sending threatening letters containing suspected ricin, a poison, to President Barack Obama, Wicker and a Mississippi judge.

Curtis wore shackles and a Johnny Cash T-shirt Thursday in a federal courtroom in Mississippi. His attorney, Christi R. McCoy says her client is surprised by his arrest and maintains "100 percent that he did not do this." A judge has set a preliminary hearing for Friday.

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