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ONE SUSPECT IN ANTHRAX CASE RELEASED FROM CUSTODY

Leavitt Leavitt February 21, 1998 Web posted at: 10:08 p.m. EST (0308 GMT)

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (CNN) -- One of the two men arrested for posession of what turned out to be non-lethal anthrax was released from custody Saturday evening.

William Leavitt Jr., 47, thanked God, his family, law enforcement officials, a federal magistrate judge and his lawyers for getting him out of prison on his own recognizance, saying the past three days have been the "most difficult days of my life."

Leavitt and Larry Wayne Harris, 46, were arrested Wednesday night and charged with conspiracy to possess and possession of a biological agent.

Leavitt's release came just hours after FBI agents raided the microbiologist's home north of Las Vegas in search of more evidence.

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