Anthrax-Probe Figure Loses Ticket Fight; Hatfill Was Issued Ticket While Walking in Street

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Byline: Guy Taylor, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The bioweapons expert who made headlines in the FBI's anthrax investigation brought two high-powered lawyers to fight a $5 ticket in D.C. traffic court yesterday - and still lost.

Steven J. Hatfill tried to get the ticket issued for "walking to create a hazard" on Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown dropped. He said he was in the street attempting to take a picture of FBI agents tailing him when they then drove over his foot.

One of Mr. Hatfill's lawyers, who produced photos of a foot with purple bruises on it, said the $5 ticket was "reflective of a bigger problem of unrelenting harassment of Steven Hatfill by the FBI." …