Miss. man who threatened Pres. also pleads guilty to fondling

BRANDON, Miss. – The Miss. man who last week pleaded guilty to sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and other officials also pleaded guilty to unrelated fondling charges on Tuesday.

James Everett Dutschke pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges of sending ricin-laced letters in what authorities described as an attempt to frame a longtime enemy and Elvis impersonator.

His lawyer in the fondling case, Lori Nail Basham, told reporters that Dutschke pleaded guilty Tuesday to three fondling charges.

In the ricin case, the plea agreement calls for Dutschke to be sentenced to 25 years. In the fondling case, prosecutors recommended he serve 20 years. Prosecutors in each recommended the sentences be served concurrently.

Prosecutors in Lee County, Miss., say Dutschke inappropriately touched former students at his martial arts studio in Tupelo.