One Anthrax suspect released [CNN]

[Jim Choate]

Forwarded message:

>                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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