Prof. Kurtz Cleared of Charges

UB Art Professor Steven Kurtz has had federal mail and wire fraud charges dropped against him. In 2004, Kurtz's wife died of a heart attack, and authorities who investigated found suspicious bacteria cultures in his apartment. Kurtz was charged with obtaining them illegally, after first being suspected of bioterrorism. Now Federal Judge Richard Arcara has thrown out all charges, ruling the indictment was insufficient on its face.