FORMER URINE SELLER NOT IN VIOLATION FOR SELLING KITS, JUDGE RULES

Prosecutors asked a Greenville judge on Wednesday to revoke bond for
Kenneth E. Curtis, arguing that he is violating its terms because he is
continuing to sell kits that could be used to defraud urine drug tests.

But Judge Larry Patterson ruled that Curtis was not selling urine and
therefore not violating the terms of his bond, which forbid the Marietta
man from selling urine anywhere in the world.

Curtis, owner of Privacy Protection Services, was sentenced last December
after being convicted of selling urine to help people defraud drug tests.
He has been out on a $30,000 bond while he appeals his conviction.

Prosecutors said that Curtis sold kits that included urine, rubber hoses,
and heating packs that could allow someone to pass a drug screening. Curtis
contends his case is not about urine, but about his stance against drug
testing in the work place.

Curtis still sells his kits via the Internet, but now there is no urine
included.

On Wednesday, prosecutors asked his bond be revoked because by selling the
kits he was still helping people defraud a drug tests.

"The kits are the real danger because they allow a person to conceal," said
Mindy Hervey, prosecutor in the case. "We think it is a violation."