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Vegas Cop in Ricin Case Tests Positive for Castor Bean Derivative
fox ^ | March 21, 2008 | AP

Posted on 03/21/2008 7:17:58 AM PDT by RDTF

LAS VEGAS — A police officer who went to a motel room where a large quantity of ricin was later found has tested positive for trace amounts of a substance that can be derived from the poison's source, authorities said Thursday.

"We did have one sample that had trace detectible levels of ricinine," said Pat Armour, manager of the Southern Nevada Public Health Laboratory, the local coordinator of sampling in the ricin case.

The male officer has shown no signs of illness or symptoms of ricin poisoning, officials familiar with the investigation told The Associated Press. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity, citing the ongoing investigation into the discovery of the vials of ricin and the raw material, castor beans, in the motel room.

KTNV-TV in Las Vegas identified the officer as Jim Mitchell, and aired an interview with his wife, Regina Mitchell. She said she was concerned about the test result.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: lasvegas; ricin; vegas
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1 posted on 03/21/2008 7:18:01 AM PDT by RDTF
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To: RDTF

vanity. not breaking news.


2 posted on 03/21/2008 7:24:36 AM PDT by modyoulater (Everything is everything.)
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To: RDTF

What was the outcome with the man who was in a coma? Has he provided an explanation?


3 posted on 03/21/2008 7:24:40 AM PDT by GVnana ("They're still analyzing the first guy. What do I have to worry about?" - GWB)
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To: modyoulater

how is it not?


4 posted on 03/21/2008 7:25:49 AM PDT by RDTF (Go AEGIS!)
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To: RDTF
rgendorff told his younger brother he believed he had been exposed to the ricin powder. But he also told family members he had no intention of hurting anyone, and that he had the deadly poison for "self-defense."

Ummm... self-defense? What the heck kind of defense is he putting up using poison?

5 posted on 03/21/2008 7:25:54 AM PDT by TheBattman (LORD God, please give us a Christian Patriot with a backbone for President in 08, Amen.)
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To: modyoulater

Vanity? How so?


6 posted on 03/21/2008 7:26:29 AM PDT by TheBattman (LORD God, please give us a Christian Patriot with a backbone for President in 08, Amen.)
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To: GVnana
"What was the outcome with the man who was in a coma? Has he provided an explanation?"

Yeah...he said it was for "personal protection"......snicker.....

I guess this puts him level with Hitler (cyclon B), and Sadam in using WMD to pay off a grudge.

7 posted on 03/21/2008 7:28:30 AM PDT by spokeshave (Hey GOP...NO money till border closed and criminal illegals deported)
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To: RDTF
So did he get contaminated, or is he implicated in where it came from or how it got there?

Tinfoil hat time!

8 posted on 03/21/2008 7:28:43 AM PDT by Slump Tester (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: RDTF
he also told family members he had no intention of hurting anyone, and that he had the deadly poison for "self-defense."

Well, that sort of backfired, huh.

9 posted on 03/21/2008 7:28:52 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn (The fence is "absolutely not the answer" - Gov. Rick Perry (R, TX))
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To: RDTF
Maybe the cop ate in the room


10 posted on 03/21/2008 7:31:52 AM PDT by HangnJudge
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To: MizSterious

Ping


11 posted on 03/21/2008 7:35:14 AM PDT by girlangler (Fish Fear Me)
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To: modyoulater

It sure as heck IS breaking news. Type rationally.


12 posted on 03/21/2008 7:40:39 AM PDT by cake_crumb (Obama looks, walks and talks like a racist pig...)
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To: spokeshave
Yeah...he said it was for "personal protection"......snicker.....

Whaaat? OMG! So this turned out to be a "stupid criminal" story?

13 posted on 03/21/2008 7:42:15 AM PDT by GVnana ("They're still analyzing the first guy. What do I have to worry about?" - GWB)
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To: RDTF
"Bergendorff told his younger brother he believed he had been exposed to the ricin powder. But he also told family members he had no intention of hurting anyone, and that he had the deadly poison for 'self-defense.' "

And Obama didn't agree with any of the stuff his mentor taught him for 20 years.

14 posted on 03/21/2008 7:43:47 AM PDT by cake_crumb (Obama looks, walks and talks like a racist pig...)
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To: RDTF

Why is this info just coming out now? They said that no one else in the hotel tested positive for days afterward


15 posted on 03/21/2008 7:45:55 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: modyoulater; RDTF
Who died and made you post police, huh?

This is BREAKING NEWS.

Thanks, RDTF.

16 posted on 03/21/2008 7:51:05 AM PDT by BullDog108 (A Smith & Wesson beats four aces)
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To: janetjanet998
Why is this info just coming out now? They said that no one else in the hotel tested positive for days afterward

The levels in the blood might be below what a typical lab can test so it had to go to a better one.

17 posted on 03/21/2008 7:51:27 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Rattenschadenfreude: joy at a Democrat's pain, especially Hillary's pain caused by Obama.)
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To: janetjanet998

I’d like to know why the story about a guy having enough ricin in his hotel room to kill a few thousand people in Las Vegas was kept out of the headlines for so long. Because it would ruin the Democrat’s hard work on the “It’s the Economy, Stupid” platform?


18 posted on 03/21/2008 7:53:00 AM PDT by cake_crumb (Obama looks, walks and talks like a racist pig...)
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To: BullDog108

perhaps it’s a Darwin Award Alert!


19 posted on 03/21/2008 7:57:04 AM PDT by acapesket (never had a vote count in all my years here)
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To: acapesket
When he gets out of hospital I guess his order book will be full up.

Perhaps this was/is an elaborate "sting" to flush out any potential ricin buyers out there in the marketplace.

How do we know he was really in "intensive care"...could be in "isolation" for another more devious reason.....

20 posted on 03/21/2008 8:05:04 AM PDT by spokeshave (Hey GOP...NO money till border closed and criminal illegals deported)
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