Articles pertaining to Leonard's Case
"When you're reading late at night
And somehow the words don't seem quite right
But they are
We just wrote it like that"
Northern Song, G. Harrison
- LSD case witness charged
Skinner faces drug, kidnapping charges; Topeka Capital Journal Nov 3, 2003
- Sentencing in LSD case rescheduled a fourth time
Requests delay LSD case sentences; Topeka Capital Journal Oct 31, 2003
- Counsel seeks delay in LSD sentencing;Topeka Capital Journal Oct 27, 2003
- Pickard claims he was here to destroy LSD lab; The Wamego Times, April 3, 2003
- Judge Rogers moves LSD trial to conclusion; The Wamego Times, April 3, 2003
- Attorneys present final arguments in LSD trial; The Wamego Times, April 3, 2003
- Pickard, Apperson guilty
LSD trial: Each man faces a minimum of 10 years in prison or a maximum of life without parole; Topeka Capital Journal, Apr 1, 2003
- Jury convicts two of LSD charges; Topeka Capital Journal, Mar 31, 2003
- LSD jury to begin deliberations today; Topeka Capital Journal, Mar 28, 2003
- Pickard refutes testimony of government witnesses; The Wamego Times, Mar 27, 2003
- Jury in LSD trial could begin deliberation soon; Topeka Capital Journal, Mar 27, 2003
- Suspect in LSD trial had 15 forms of ID; Topeka Capital Journal, Mar 26, 2003
- Suspect denies alleged actions in LSD; Topeka Capital Journal, Mar 25, 2003
- Pickard: Afghan warlord gave money
Testimony: Cash donations were given to defendant's first wife for safekeeping; Topeka Capital Journal, Mar 21, 2003
- LSD Trial
Pickard: 'I investigated drug trafficking for government'; The Wamego Times, Mar 20, 2003
- Pickard relates first meeting with Skinner; The Wamego Times, Mar 20, 2003
- U.S. Customs head testifies in LSD trial; The Wamego Times, Mar 20, 2003
- Testimony elicits mirth at LSD trial; Topeka Capital Journal, Mar 17, 2003
- Stinger missiles broached; Topeka Capital Journal, Mar 14, 2003
- LSD Trial
Defense claims 'misconduct'; Skinner accused of perjury; The Wamego Times, Mar 13, 2003
- Former employee testifies to drug use at missile base; The Wamego Times, Mar 13, 2003
- County, city to investigate allegation against officer; The Wamego Times, Mar 13, 2003
- Skinner arraignment continued; The Wamego Times, Mar 13, 2003
- LSD suspect says he was doing research; Topeka Capital Journal, Mar 13, 2003
- Defendant, customs official testify in LSD trial; Topeka Capital Journal, Mar 12, 2003
- Chemist testifies in LSD trial; Topeka Capital Journal, Mar 12, 2003
- Witness: Pickard offered to broker deal to shorten prison term for smuggler
LSD: As trial enters 10th week, judge denies prosecution request to stop testimony of U.S. Customs commissioner; Topeka Capital Journal, Mar 11, 2003
- Skinner accused of perjury; Topeka Capital Journal, Mar 7, 2003
- Witness describes pot use; Topeka Capital Journal, Mar 6, 2003
- LSD Trial
DEA Agent: Use of confidential sources a 'necessary evil'; The Wamego Times, Mar 6, 2003
- LSD Timeline; The Wamego Times, Mar 6, 2003
- Prosecution rests case against defendants in LSD trial ; Topeka Capital Journal, Mar 5, 2003
- Prosecution rests case in LSD trial ; Topeka Capital Journal, Mar 4, 2003
- DEA agent: Witness has violated agreement ; Topeka Capital Journal, Mar 4, 2003
- Lead investigator says LSD witness lied; Topeka Capital Journal, Mar 3, 2003
- DEA agent confirms accounts in LSD trial; Topeka Capital Journal, Feb 28, 2003
- DEA chemist: LSD lab could produce 826 million doses; The Wamego Times, Feb 27, 2003
- DEA agent links lab seizure to sharp curtailment of LSD; Topeka Capital Journal, Feb 27, 2003
- Decline in LSD testing followed lab bust; Topeka Capital Journal, Feb 26, 2003
- Defendant linked to recipe for LSD; Topeka Capital Journal, Feb 26, 2003
- New Mexican testifies in LSD trial
Witness says LSD suspect flashed cash; Topeka Capital Journal, Feb 25, 2003
- Witness: Defendant in LSD trial paid him thousands; Topeka Capital Journal, Feb 24, 2003
- Witness describes her relationship with LSD trial defendant; Topeka Capital Journal, Feb 22, 2003
- Witness feared cash had drug ties
LSD trial: Web site builder testifies that presence of two men made her uncomfortable; Topeka Capital Journal, Feb 21, 2003
- LSD Trial
Defense attorneys challenge credibility of DEA informant; The Wamego Times, Feb 20, 2003
- Skinner IDs 'ET Man'; The Wamego Times, Feb 20, 2003
- LSD Trial
Admitted co-conpirator volunteered fro drug experiments; The Wamego Times, Feb 20, 2003
- LSD lab used costly ingredients; Topeka Capital Journal, Feb 20, 2003
- Incense seller says LSD suspect sent death threats
Trial: Witness who said he ordered chemicals for suspect feared for the safety of his family; Topeka Capital Journal, Feb 18, 2003
- Witness was past DEA informant
LSD trial: Defense questions Skinner about his past; testimony to continue Monday; Topeka Capital Journal, Feb 7, 2003
- Defense questions LSD witness; Topeka Capital Journal, Feb 6, 2003
- Witness describes personal drug use;Topeka Capital Journal, Feb 5, 2003
- Witness describes money trail
LSD: Drugs were bought with Dutch guilders; money was laundered in Las Vegas, man testifies; Topeka Capital Journal, Feb 5, 2003
- Jurors hear taped phone conversations between witness, suspects in LSD trial; Topeka Capital Journal, Feb 4, 2003
- Jurors hear heated discussion with defendants; Topeka Capital Journal, Feb 3, 2003
- Jurors listen to tapes
LSD: Conspirator gives background information on recorded conversations; Topeka Capital Journal, Jan 31, 2003
- LSD Trial
DEA: Informant concealed $2.6 million in illicit chemicals; The Wamego Times, Jan 30, 2003
- LSD trafficking detailed
Trial: Witness said a dose of LSD costs 29 cents to produce and could sell for as much as $10; Topeka Capital Journal, Jan 30, 2003
- Witness details process of shipping LSD; Topeka Capital Journal. Jan 29, 2003
- Witness describes lab roles
LSD trial: Immunity granted in exchange for help on case; Topeka Capital Journal, Jan 29, 2003
- Investigator ends testimony in LSD silo case; Topeka Capital Journal, Jan 27, 2003
- Chemical canisters discovered at silo site; Topeka Capital Journal, Jan 25, 2003
- LSD suspect pictured with drug's inventor; Topeka Capital Journal, Jan 23, 2003
- DEA agent details raid at former missile silo
LSD: Drug agents were hiding in a section of the silo just prior to raid and seizure of rental truck; Topeka Capital Journal, Jan 22, 2003
- Curious defendant interrupts LSD trial
Testimony: Accused trafficker gets up to look at witnesses' photo of old missile silo; Topeka Capital Journal, Jan 18, 2003
- LSD trial hears claim of drugs for missiles Arguments: Defense attorney says client once tried to swap heroin for Stingers in Afghanistan at behest of U.S. government; Topeka Capital Journal, Jan 17, 2003
- Testimony begins in LSD missile silo case; Topeka Capital Journal, Jan 16, 2003
- Jury chosen in LSD case; opening remarks to begin
Wamego: DEA alleges chemicals for LSD were found in former missile silo; Topeka Capital Journal, Jan 16, 2003
- Weather may strand jurors in LSD silo case Trial: Missile silo near Wamego held chemicals to make 36 million doses of the drug, DEA says; Topeka Capital Journal, Jan 15, 2003
- LSD lab bust at silo surprises those nearby; Topeka Capital Journal, Jan 13, 2003
- Judge delays hearing over dispute on attorney;Topeka Capital Journal, Jan 10, 2003
- Owner of ex-missile silo has plans to sell to local buyer;Topeka Capital Journal, Dec 30, 2002
- Skinner surrenders to court authorities; Wamego Times, vol 115:36, Sept. 5, 2002
- Former missile base owner arrested in Seattle;Wamego Times, vol 115:30, July 25, 2002
- What to do with a contaminated missile silo site?;The Manhattan Mercury Sep 22, 2002
- Drug Indictments Returned; Topeka Capital Journal, Nov 10, 2000
- Missile Site LSD Lab Dismantled; Topeka Capital Journa,l Nov 11, 2000
- Suspected LSD operation thought to be largest in the world; Westmoreland Recorder, Nov 17, 2000
- Evidence gathered at large LSD lab; Topeka Capital Journal, Nov 21, 2000
- LSD lab as scary as missile site; Topeka Capital Journal, Nov 22, 2000
- LSD not common Kansas drug; Topeka Capital Journal, Nov 22, 2000
- Men accused of manufacturing LSD in silo face court; Topeka Capital Journal, Jan 10, 2001
- Pretrial motions begin in LSD case; Topeka Capital Journal, Jan 11, 2001
- William Pickard's long, strange trip Suspected LSD trail leads from the Bay Area's psychedelics era to a missile silo in Kansas; San Francisco Chronicle, June 10, 2001
- Rolling Stone, July 5, 2001 RS 872.
- Rolling Stone, August 16, 2001 Letters to the editor
- Prosecution broadens LSD case; Topeka Capital Journal, June 22, 2001
- Suspicious Silo: Cold War relic site of LSD-related intrigue; Topeka Capital Journal, Sept 2, 2001
- A Room with an Apocalyptic View; WiredNews, Oct.16, 2001
- All Things William (Quote from Leonard)