Paul Kevin Curtis, the 45-year-old Mississippian charged with sending lethal poison in letters to President Obama and Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), was personally acquainted with Wicker when Curtis's activities were less threatening. 
 
 Wicker told reporters he knew Curtis from “social events” when he was in the House and represented Curtis’s district. 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Wicker laughed when asked what he remembered about Curtis."Well, he’s an entertainer. He’s an Elvis impersonator," Wicker said. "He entertained at a party that my wife and I went to. ... My impression is that about that time he had some mental issues, and was perhaps not as stable. A number of couples threw the party ... and we kicked in [money to pay him] I’m sure."Locals in Corinth, Miss., expressed shock at the news of Curtis's arrest. Ricky Curtis, who claims to be Kevin Curtis's cousin, told CBS News that Kevin Curtis impersonated Elvis, among other musical performers. 
 
 Curtis, according to authorities, is now charged with sending mail "containing threats to take the life of or to inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States" and also sending mail "containing a threat to injure the person of others." He faces up to 15 years in prison, authorities said. 
 
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 (CNN) - Sen. Roger Wicker, whose Washington office was sent letters laced with the poison ricin, said Thursday he's met the man who stands charged with sending the envelopes. 
 
 "He's an entertainer. He's an Elvis impersonator, and he entertained at a party that my wife and I helped give for a young couple that was getting married. He was quite entertaining," said Wicker, R-Mississippi, of Paul Kevin Curtis, who was charged Thursday with making threats against the president and sending threatening letters, according to the Justice Department. 
 
 
 
 "My impression is that since that time he's had mental issues and perhaps is not as stable as he was back then, but that would be speculation on my part," Wicker continued. 
 
 The letters, which were discovered on Tuesday, were addressed to Wicker and to Obama. A third letter was sent to a Mississippi justice official, the Justice Department said. 
 
 On Thursday, the Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi, posted photographs of a man it identified as Paul Kevin Curtis. In one photograph, he is shown under an "Elvis" sign holding a microphone as he appears to be singing. He is wearing a white suit and sporting long sideburns and swept-back hair. 
 
 "I can tell you Mr. Curtis vehemently denies the allegations against him," said Christi McCoy, a lawyer for Curtis said. 
 
 Curtis was ordered detained at Thursday's hearing and has a detention hearing Friday in Oxford, Mississippi.
– Yet one more strange detail in the case of the Elvis impersonator and conspiracy theorist accused of sending toxic letters to the president and Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker. It seems that Wicker once hired the guy to, yes, impersonate Elvis, reports CNN. "He entertained at a party that my wife and I helped give for a young couple that was getting married," recalls the senator. "He was quite entertaining." Wicker, who represented Paul Kevin Curtis' district as a congressman years ago, adds that he suspects the mental health of Curtis had gone downhill since, reports the Hill.