By . Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 18:19 EST, 3 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:20 EST, 3 June 2013 . A federal grand jury has indicted a Mississippi man suspected of sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and other officials, according to an indictment made public Monday. The 5-count indictment charges 41-year-old James Everett Dutschke with developing, producing and stockpiling the poison ricin, threatening the president and others and attempting to impede the investigation. If convicted on the charges, he could face life in prison and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines. Scroll down for video . Disappeared: Everett Dutschke, the chief person of interest in the case of deadly ricin letters being sent to President Obama, was arrested on Saturday. He went missing earlier this week . Dutschke was arrested April 27 at his home in Tupelo. He is suspected of mailing ricin-laced letters on April 8 to Obama, Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi and Lee County Justice Court Judge Sadie Holland. Dutschke has denied any involvement. George Lucas, an attorney for Dutschke, said he had not yet seen the indictment and had no immediate comment. Dutschke is the second person to face charges in the case. Paul Kevin Curtis, a 45-year-old Elvis impersonator, was arrested on April 17, but the charges were dropped six days later. Suspect: Federal agents search the property of Everett Dutschke in Tupelo, Mississippi on Tuesday . Arrested: Everett Dutschke (pictured left and right in previous mugshots) had been under surveillance this week. An FBI spokesman said he was arrested without incident early on Saturday . Curtis said after his arrest that he believed he was framed. Curtis said he and Dutschke know each other and had feuded. Dutschke, a former martial arts . instructor, has unsuccessfully run for elective office, including a 2007 . challenge of Holland's son, Democratic state Rep. Steve Holland. Authorities said a dust mask that . Dutschke removed from his former martial arts studio and dumped in a . nearby trash can tested positive for ricin and the DNA of two people, . including Dutschke. Southern-fried feud: Everett Dutschke, left, and Kevin Curtis, right, are both caught up in the federal investigation over poison letters sent to the president. They are both also martial arts rivals . 'Framed': Kevin Curtis, who works as an Elvis impersonator, may have been set up by a man who was once his brother's business partner, his lawyer says . Sweet relief: Paul Kevin Curtis, who had been in custody under suspicion of sending ricin-laced letters to President Obama and others, left, hugs his attorney Christi McCoy following his release Tuesday . Authorities haven't said who else's . DNA was on the mask, but an FBI agent testified during a preliminary . hearing that most of the genetic material on it belonged to Dutschke. Authorities said Dutschke used the . Internet to make three purchases of castor beans, from which ricin is . derived, and researched how to make the poison. The FBI has not revealed details about . how lethal the ricin was. A Senate official has said the ricin was not . weaponized, meaning it wasn't in a form that could easily enter the . body. If inhaled, ricin can cause respiratory failure, among other symptoms and no antidote exists.
Everett Dutschke was arrested at his home in Mississippi in April but the details of the five charges against him are just now being released .
Has been charged with being in possession of a biological toxin .
The ricin-laced letters were sent last week to President Obama, Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi and 80-year-old Mississippi judge Sadie Holland .
Could face life in prison and thousands of dollars in fines .
By . Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 18:19 EST, 3 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:20 EST, 3 June 2013 . A federal grand jury has indicted a Mississippi man suspected of sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and other officials, according to an indictment made public Monday. The 5-count indictment charges 41-year-old James Everett Dutschke with developing, producing and stockpiling the poison ricin, threatening the president and others and attempting to impede the investigation. If convicted on the charges, he could face life in prison and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines. Scroll down for video . Disappeared: Everett Dutschke, the chief person of interest in the case of deadly ricin letters being sent to President Obama, was arrested on Saturday. He went missing earlier this week . Dutschke was arrested April 27 at his home in Tupelo. He is suspected of mailing ricin-laced letters on April 8 to Obama, Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi and Lee County Justice Court Judge Sadie Holland. Dutschke has denied any involvement. George Lucas, an attorney for Dutschke, said he had not yet seen the indictment and had no immediate comment. Dutschke is the second person to face charges in the case. Paul Kevin Curtis, a 45-year-old Elvis impersonator, was arrested on April 17, but the charges were dropped six days later. Suspect: Federal agents search the property of Everett Dutschke in Tupelo, Mississippi on Tuesday . Arrested: Everett Dutschke (pictured left and right in previous mugshots) had been under surveillance this week. An FBI spokesman said he was arrested without incident early on Saturday . Curtis said after his arrest that he believed he was framed. Curtis said he and Dutschke know each other and had feuded. Dutschke, a former martial arts . instructor, has unsuccessfully run for elective office, including a 2007 . challenge of Holland's son, Democratic state Rep. Steve Holland. Authorities said a dust mask that . Dutschke removed from his former martial arts studio and dumped in a . nearby trash can tested positive for ricin and the DNA of two people, . including Dutschke. Southern-fried feud: Everett Dutschke, left, and Kevin Curtis, right, are both caught up in the federal investigation over poison letters sent to the president. They are both also martial arts rivals . 'Framed': Kevin Curtis, who works as an Elvis impersonator, may have been set up by a man who was once his brother's business partner, his lawyer says . Sweet relief: Paul Kevin Curtis, who had been in custody under suspicion of sending ricin-laced letters to President Obama and others, left, hugs his attorney Christi McCoy following his release Tuesday . Authorities haven't said who else's . DNA was on the mask, but an FBI agent testified during a preliminary . hearing that most of the genetic material on it belonged to Dutschke. Authorities said Dutschke used the . Internet to make three purchases of castor beans, from which ricin is . derived, and researched how to make the poison. The FBI has not revealed details about . how lethal the ricin was. A Senate official has said the ricin was not . weaponized, meaning it wasn't in a form that could easily enter the . body. If inhaled, ricin can cause respiratory failure, among other symptoms and no antidote exists.
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