Doctor’s homes searched in anthrax inquiry

FBI AGENTS investigating the 2001 anthrax attacks in the US searched the homes of a doctor who, days after the first anthrax letters were posted, had applied for a patent for a system to identify chemical and biological attacks.

Hours after Thursday’s raids, Dr Kenneth Berry, 48, was charged with assault after allegedly fighting with four members of his family at a New Jersey seaside motel.

More than three dozen agents, some in protective suits, combed through two New York state homes listed in property records as Berry’s past and present addresses.

An FBI spokesman said the FBI and Postal Inspection Service were searching multiple locations as part of the anthrax probe. He declined to say what agents were seeking.