A Tupelo man was arrested in connection to poisoned letters sent to the president and other government officials. (bburky/Creative Commons)

FBI spokeswoman Deborah Madden confirmed that James Everett Dutschke of Tupelo, Miss., was arrested at his home early Saturday morning.

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Dutschke was charged with knowingly developing, producing, stockpiling, transferring, acquiring, retaining and possessing a biological agent, toxin and delivery system, for use as a weapon and with attempting, threatening and conspiring to do the same, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney Office for the Northern District of Mississippi.

The 41-year-old could face life in prison, a $250,000 fine and five years of supervised release if convicted. Dutschke is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Oxford, Miss. on April 29.

Dutschke's arrest followed the release of another Mississippi man, Paul Kevin Curtis, who was arrested a day after a letter containing the poison was discovered addressed to Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.). A second letter was intercepted before it reached the president.

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