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WELLSVILLE -- Despite having three places he was involved in searched by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Thursday, Dr. Kenneth M. Berry, 46, of Wellsville, was arrested, but on a domestic violence charge in New Jersey. Point Pleasant Beach (N.J.) Police charged Dr. Berry with four counts of assault and a temporary restraining order was issued by Judge James A. Ligouri. Agents from the FBI executed a search warrant at two homes in Wellsville Thursday as part of an investigation into "the origin of the anthrax-laced letters mailed in September and October of 2001 which resulted in the deaths...

The most famous bioterrorist episode of recent times has been the series of anthrax-laced envelopes mailed from Trenton, New Jersey in September and October 2001 to various newspaper and government offices. In spite of enormous media coverage and painstaking investigation by the FBI, aided by hundreds of thousands of tips from the public and by dozens of teams of scientific researchers, thus far neither the Anthrax Mailer himself (or, against all supposition, herself) nor the source of the anthrax has been identified. In its investigation of the anthrax mailing case, the FBI has relied heavily on specialists. While specialized knowledge...

An anthrax-tainted letter-probably cross-contaminated during the anthrax attacks of September/October 2001,was discovered this week in an FBI evidence locker in Arkansas, where it had been stored since April,2002. Agents came upon the letter,which had been sealed in a protective bag,while cleaning out the evidence locker,and,because it had anthrax investigation markings, decided to have it tested by Arkansas health officials before forwarding it to the Newark, NJ office. A swab test of the letter turned out positive, and the letter was then sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which confirmed the Arkansas findings, and which is doing...

<p>April 11, 2003 -- The anthrax powder used in the 2001 mail attacks has been reproduced by the Army, which found it was made simply, inexpensively and with limited expertise, it was reported today.</p> <p>The new research reinforces the theory that the mailed anthrax was probably produced by renegade scientists, possibly from terror groups, and not by a military program such as Iraq's, the Baltimore Sun said.</p>

National Public Radio aired an apology and retraction more than one year after insinuating that a Christian political lobby group could be the culprit behind deadly anthrax-laced letters sent to Sens. Tom Daschle and Patrick Leahy. Andrea Lafferty, executive director of the Traditional Values Coalition, told WorldNetDaily that the issue has been resolved "amicably," and her group had no further comment. Anthrax-laced letter sent to Sen. Tom Daschle's office in October 2001 As WorldNetDaily reported, NPR's David Kestenbaum said in a Jan. 22, 2002, broadcast on the FBI's probe of the anthrax attacks that "one group who had a gripe"...

A jury Thursday convicted anti-abortion activist Clayton Lee Waagner on federal car theft and firearms charges. The jury deliberated for 40 minutes before returning its verdict. Waagner did not react when the verdict was read. "I expected it," he said. Waagner, 45, who has admitted sending hundreds of fake anthrax letters to abortuaries nationwide, faces a possible 15 years to life in prison. He will be sentenced within 90 days. Waagner, who is not a lawyer, defended himself and told the court he was looking forward to his appeal. He declined to call any witnesses after U.S. District Judge Susan...