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During a domestic dispute early yesterday, a South Carolina woman allegedly clawed the testicles of her naked and drunken live-in boyfriend, who was left “bleeding from his genital area,” police report.

The confrontation between Nicholas Bailey, 31, and Sabrina Morton, 26, began after Bailey returned to the couple’s Spartanburg home intoxicated. The pair tussled when “Bailey went and laid down in the shower,” according to a Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office report.

Morton told officers that mutual pushing and shoving resulted in a chunk of hair being pulled from her head by Bailey. “In return she grabbed Mr. Bailey by the testicles causing laceration and bleeding,” cops noted.

When police arrived at the pair’s residence, Bailey, sitting naked on the couch, “advised that he was bleeding from his genital area due to Sabrina Morton clawing his testicles. EMS was called for Mr. Bailey’s injuries.”

Bailey and Morton were charged with domestic violence and booked into the county jail (where they posed for the above mug shots). They were each freed from custody yesterday morning after posting bond.

Federal agents discovered ricin in the Mississippi martial arts studio once used by the man charged with mailing letters containing the poison to President Barack Obama and two other public officials, according to a criminal complaint unsealed today.

Investigators also reported that the deadly toxin was found on a dust mask that FBI agents saw defendant James Everett Dutschke place last week into a “public garbage receptacle” in Tupelo, where he resides.

Other items dumped into the garbage by Dutschke (seen at right) included latex gloves and a box for a Black & Decker coffee grinder, an appliance that “could be utilized in the process of extracting ricin from castor beans.” In a sworn affidavit, FBI Agent Stephen Thomason added that “latex gloves and and a dust mask could be utilized as personal protective equipment while the castor beans are being crushed.”

The FBI affidavit also quotes an unnamed witness who recalled a conversation years ago with Dutschke, who reportedly spoke of his ability to manufacture a “poison” that could be placed in envelopes and sent to elected officials (who would die upon opening the envelopes).

A search of Dutschke’s Toshiba laptop revealed that, several months ago, someone using the computer downloaded two ricin-related publications, including “Standard Operating Procedure for Ricin,” which Agent Thomason noted, “describes safe handling and storage methods for ricin.”

During an interview last week, Dutschke “stated that he had never purchased castor beans, nor had he ever seen a castor bean.” However, eBay records subsequently obtained by the FBI showed that Dutschke late last year twice ordered castor bean seeds via the online auction site. He paid for both orders via PayPal, and the second batch of 50 seeds was delivered to his Tupelo residence.

Investigators began focusing on Dutschke after the case they had originally brought against another Mississippi man, Paul Kevin Curtis, collapsed. After his arrest, Curtis pointed the finger at Dutschke, a rival with whom he has had a contentious relationship.

Dutschke, 41, was arrested Saturday morning and charged with knowingly developing a biological agent for use as a weapon. He faces life in prison if convicted of the felony charge.

In addition to Obama, ricin-tainted letters were sent earlier this month to U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, and Sadie Holland, a Mississippi county judge. In 2007, Dutschke, running as the Republican nominee, unsuccessfully challenged Holland’s son in a state representative’s race.

Along with the ricin charge, Dutschke is facing trial on a three-count child molestation indictment returned last month. He has been accused of fondling a seven-year-old girl at the tae kwon do studio he previously operated.

After handing over her last $50 to a drug dealer for cocaine and marijuana, a Florida woman suffering from buyer’s remorse called 911 and asked cops for help in securing a refund.

Katrina Tisdale, 47, explained to St. Petersburg police that she would be penniless until her next Social Security disability check arrived. Hence the pressing need to recover her $50 from the unnamed narcotics salesman.

Despite Tisdale’s explanation for her two calls to 911 Monday evening, officers arrested her for misusing the police emergency system. Seen in the above mug shot, Tisdale was booked into the Pinellas County jail, where she is being held on $100 bond.

According to jail records, Tisdale has been arrested many times over the past several years, including six arrests for cocaine possession. Tisdale was convicted in mid-2011 of calling 911 to falsely report that she had been robbed by her drug dealer.   

A man wearing a novelty t-shirt with a sexually charged message was arrested Saturday after refusing a police order to leave a South Carolina park due to “the shirt with that phrase on it,” according to investigators.

Michael Miller, 50, was spotted “with a shirt that read ‘I May Not Be Mr. Right But I’ll Fuck You ‘Til He Shows Up,’” according to a Spartanburg Department of Public Safety report.

As seen above, a shirt with that message sells for $19.99 at the Spencer’s gift store chain.

When cops approached Miller and told him that he was not allowed to wear the shirt in Spartanburg’s Barnet Park, he reportedly became irate and “said he would wear the shirt any fucking where he wanted to.”

Miller was then issued a trespass warning “from Barnet Park during the Rock the Denim event,” a yearly concert that is devoted to raising awareness of sexual violence against women.

After refusing to leave the park, Miller--who cursed at and gave the finger to cops--was busted for disorderly conduct. He was released from custody Saturday evening after posting a $262 bond.

When posing for his booking photo, Miller (seen above) was wearing an orange jail smock, not his “Mr. Right” t-shirt.

In a chilling image obtained by the FBI, one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects can be seen standing behind the young boy who was killed by one of Monday’s terror blasts, The Smoking Gun has learned.

A cropped version of that image (seen at right) was among the photos of suspect #2 that were released this afternoon by federal investigators. The suspect, a male wearing a white baseball cap, is highlighted inside a circle in the FBI evidence photo.

A nearly identical image to the FBI’s source photo shows a group of spectators watching the April 15 race at a sidewalk barricade in front of 775 Boylston Street, where the second bomb was detonated.

The photo, reproduced below, shows suspect #2 lurking several feet away from the metal barricade (and behind a trio of young women). Immediately to the left of the women is Martin Richard, the eight-year-old Dorchester boy who was killed by the explosion. To the child’s right is his seven-year-old sister Jane, who lost a leg in the blast.

The children were at the race cheering on their father, who ran in the marathon. According to the Boston Globe, the Richard family had watched most of the race from a spot several blocks away from the Copley Square finish line. However, after an ice cream break, they moved closer to the end of the course, ending up against the barrier in front of the apartment building at 775 Boylston Street.

The photo of suspect #2 and the Richard children was unearthed by one of the much-maligned online sleuths congregating on a Reddit page devoted to chasing bombing clues. The site habitué highlighted suspect #2, the young victim, and what appears to be a backpack on the sidewalk.

The two men described as “possible suspects” in the Boston Marathon bombing are actually a 24-year-old track coach and a teenage high school runner who works at Subway and posted photos to Facebook of his trip Monday to watch the race.

Yassine Zaimi and student Salaheddin Barhoum, 17, had their photos published today on the front page of the New York Post, which described them as “Bag Men” whose identity was being sought by investigators probing the deadly terror attack.

As seen below, the Post photo, which includes red circles around Zaimi and Barhoum, is slugged “suspect--525x415.jpg.” Barhoum is pictured wearing a blue Adidas warmup jacket, while Zaimi is seen in a white baseball cap.

Several photos of Zaimi and Barhoum watching the race from near the Copley Square finish line have been widely circulated online by amateur sleuths attempting to determine who might have been responsible for detonating the pressure cooker bombs.

In a CNN update last night, correspondent Deborah Feyerick reported that investigators were looking at two “possible suspects” who had initially been considered “men of interest.” However, Feyerick added, the pair had subsequently “risen to the top of the list” of probers. While not showing photos of the two purported suspects, Feyerick gave detailed descriptions of the pair’s clothing and the bags they carried.

Feyerick was describing Zaimi and Barhoum, though she, like the Post, clearly did not know the identities of her purported suspects.

CNN anchor Erin Burnett reported this afternoon that investigators alerted to photos of the two spectators because “perhaps” the bags they carried “were bigger than they should be.” Large enough, presumably, to fit six-liter pressure cookers. Burnett also reported that photos of the duo "hovering" near the finish line were not being disseminated by federal agents due to fear that such a release “could impede the investigation.”

Barhoum, a Moroccan immigrant who attends Revere High School outside Boston, apparently became aware yesterday that his photo was being linked to the bomb plot. In a Facebook post he assured his 1776 friends that “u will see guys I’m did not do anything.” Noting that “Shit is real,” Barhoum reported that he was going “to the court rightnow,” adding later that, “I’m just going to tell them that it was not me.”

Barhoum’s Facebook page includes two photos snapped at the marathon. One image depicts the teen--who runs for his school and the Momentum Athletic Club--posing in front of a scrim with the race logo, while the other shows a large TV screen erected on the corner of Boylston and Exeter streets, a block from the finish line. The caption of the second photo, which was taken as three top women runners dueled for the lead, reads, “Boston marathon 117th) Kenya and Ethiopia had a lot of fun lmfao – with Yassine Zaimi.” The winner of the women's race was Kenyan Rita Jeptoo, while Ethiopian Lelisa Desisa Benti was the fastest male runner.

A third Facebook photo, posted March 24, shows Barhoum “Bored at work” at a Subway restaurant.

Zaimi, a Boston resident, is a Moroccan immigrant who also attended Revere High School. In Facebook posts, Barhoum refers to Zaimi as his “coach.”

According to Zaimi’s Facebook page, he has worked at State Street Bank & Trust and JPMorgan Chase. Additionally, Zaimi’s Facebook page is stocked with tourist-type photos of him posing around Boston. The shots include Zaimi wearing a colonial tri-corner hat, standing in front of a Samuel Adams statue at Faneuil Hall, and resting his elbow on a statue of late Boston Celtics legend Red Auerbach.

In April 2010, Zaimi won a five-kilometer charity race in suburban Boston that raised funds to send medical equipment to Morocco.

In a post to a web site that aids the recruitment of college athletes, Barhoum wrote of his devotion to running. “I been doing this since I was 12 years and I enjoy it… I feel great when I run with clubs more than when I run with school because clubs take it serious and the coaches have more techniques to teach.” The teenager, who graduates in 2015, added, “My dream is to get to the level where everybody who works hard deserve .and  I want to say thank you to the people who supported me in this.”