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Updated: 2:52 PM Sep 3, 2010
Man In Miami Scare Once Accused Of Hauling Plague
A senior law enforcement official says the scientist detained at Miami International Airport because of a suspicious item in his luggage had once been charged with illegally transporting bubonic plague.
Posted: 2:52 PM Sep 3, 2010 |
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A senior law enforcement official says the scientist detained at Miami International Airport because of a suspicious item in his luggage had once been charged with illegally transporting bubonic plague.
The official told The Associated Press on Friday that no dangerous material was found on 70-year-old Thomas Butler after he was detained Thursday night. He was released Friday.
The official said Butler cooperated fully after he arrived on a flight from the Middle East. The official requested anonymity because he wasn't authorized to release the information.
Butler was teaching at Texas Tech in 2003 when he was accused of illegally transporting the deadly germ. He was acquitted on those counts but convicted of fraud. He served a two-year sentence.
Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
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You do not have to read anything other than, 'was caring the bubonic plague' AND I WANT THAT NUT ARRESTED AND PUT IN JAIL FOREVER.
Man the look in his eyes look worst than what the plauge could do!
The plauge is already in the Outhouse!
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