Washington (CNN) -- A Mississippi man was indicted Monday in the mailing of ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and two other officials. The five-count indictment charges James Everett Dutschke, 41, with producing and using the deadly toxin as a weapon, using the mail to threaten Obama, Republican Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi and Lee County Judge Sadie Holland. The indictment alleges Dutschke tried to implicate someone else for the crimes. That other man, an Elvis impersonator named Paul Kevin Curtis, was arrested on April 17. He claimed he'd been framed, and the charges against him were dropped less than a week later.
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The indictment says the defendant tried to blame another man
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The other man was arrested, then later released
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The 5-count indictment charges James Everett Dutschke with using ricin as a weapon
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Letters were sent to Obama and two others
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An affidavit released earlier said investigators conducted searches of @placeholder's home and former place of business and found incriminating items including latex gloves and a dust mask.
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The indictment claims Dutschke used such language in the messages "to make it appear that @placeholder was responsible" for the letters.