This Woman is Missing a Few Marbles

Jay Leno mentioned this on his show last night, and I had to look it
up to see if it were true. I guess it is. And at BOS, of all
places. Ever heard the phrase, "ya can't fix stupid"?

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/21/bom...ref=newssearch

Woman held in airport bomb hoax;

BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) -- Massachusetts State Police arrested
a 19-year-old MIT student Friday at Boston's Logan International
Airport after receiving a report that a woman had what appeared to be
a bomb strapped to her chest.

The woman arrested at the Boston airport was identified as Star
Simpson, an MIT student.

Authorities said the device proved to be fake.

Star Simpson, a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
was charged with disorderly conduct and carrying a hoax device.

Simpson was arraigned later Friday in Boston Municipal Court. District
Court Judge Paul Mahoney set bail at $750 and ordered her to return to
court on October 29 for a pretrial hearing.

Authorities called to the scene saw a woman on a street outside the
airport's Terminal C.

She was told to stop, raise her hands and make no movements, and she
followed those directions, said Maj. Scott Pare, the airport
commanding officer for the Massachusetts State Police.

"It's good that she responded," he said. "She's lucky she's in a jail
cell rather than the morgue."

Pare said officers with automatic weapons had been called to the
scene.

The woman described the fake device as "art" that she was proud of and
wanted to display, Pare said. Watch police show the device »

Pare said the device the suspect was wearing was a small circuit board
attached by wires to a battery that lit up a display. He said the
woman also was holding Play-Doh.

An airport spokeswoman said the suspect walked up to one of the public
information kiosks in Terminal C. A person behind the desk noticed the
woman was wearing what she described as a circuit board with putty and
wires attached to it. The information kiosk employee called police.


"I don't think she understood the seriousness until the public
information employee called police," Pare said.

He said the woman told officers she had come to the airport to meet a
Continental Airlines flight from Oakland, California.

Jim Davis writes:

"It's good that she responded," he said. "She's lucky she's in a jail
cell rather than the morgue."

Pare said officers with automatic weapons had been called to the
scene.

Is it a good idea to shoot someone wearing explosives with automatic weapons?

I find it especially surprising that she is an MIT student. I thought they
were supposed to be smart.

"Jim Davis" wrote in message
oups.com...
Jay Leno mentioned this on his show last night, and I had to look it
up to see if it were true. I guess it is. And at BOS, of all
places. Ever heard the phrase, "ya can't fix stupid"?

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/21/bom...ref=newssearch

Woman held in airport bomb hoax;

BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) -- Massachusetts State Police arrested
a 19-year-old MIT student Friday at Boston's Logan International
Airport after receiving a report that a woman had what appeared to be
a bomb strapped to her chest.

The woman arrested at the Boston airport was identified as Star
Simpson, an MIT student.

Authorities said the device proved to be fake.

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The last idiot to do that in the UK got sent to jail for two years.

--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

On Sep 22, 1:43 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
Jim Davis writes:
"It's good that she responded," he said. "She's lucky she's in a jail
cell rather than the morgue."

Pare said officers with automatic weapons had been called to the
scene.

Is it a good idea to shoot someone wearing explosives with automatic weapons?

I wouldnt think so, but if it were a real bomb, she could have had
more people helping her, I guess they want to be ready for anything.

I find it especially surprising that she is an MIT student. I thought they
were supposed to be smart.

Blows *that* theory all to hell, doesn't it?

Mxsmanic wrote:
I find it especially surprising that she is an MIT student. I
thought they were supposed to be smart.

Intelligent, yes.

Smart, no.

Per Jim Davis:
a woman had what appeared to be
a bomb strapped to her chest.

One step closer to that popped into my mind after the powers that
be deemed it necessary for all of us to take our shoes off
post-Richard-Reid-The-Shoe-Bomber: what happens after the first
bra bomber?
--
PeteCresswell

a report that a woman had what appeared to be a bomb strapped to her chest.

Actually, she had a small circuit breadboard with a 9V battery and a
few wires and LEDs attached to her sweatshirt. She says it is an art
project, which is an entirely credible explanation.

Only morons who get their bomb recognition expertise from made-for-TV
movies would think that it was a bomb. Unfortunately, the Mass. state
police appear to have delegated their explosives training to the
aforementioned TV movies.

MIT is about three miles from Logan as the pigeon flies. It's not
exactly an unusual event when an MIT student shows up at BOS to meet a
friend.

R's,
John

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
...
Jim Davis writes:

"It's good that she responded," he said. "She's lucky she's in a jail
cell rather than the morgue."

Pare said officers with automatic weapons had been called to the
scene.

Is it a good idea to shoot someone wearing explosives with automatic
weapons?



Personally, I don't think that it is a good idea to shoot anyone, but YMMV.
--

JohnT

On Sep 22, 2:58 pm, (John L) wrote:
a report that a woman had what appeared to be a bomb strapped to her chest.

Actually, she had a small circuit breadboard with a 9V battery and a
few wires and LEDs attached to her sweatshirt. She says it is an art
project, which is an entirely credible explanation.

But she never mentioned an "art project" until after she was
arrested. And even *she* won't explain why she had the putty.

Only morons who get their bomb recognition expertise from made-for-
TV
movies would think that it was a bomb. Unfortunately, the Mass. state
police appear to have delegated their explosives training to the
aforementioned TV movies.

So you say that someone walking around a major airport with powered
circuitry attached to them and a putty material should be left alone?
I don't think that the person who called police took the time to
analyze the device.

MIT is about three miles from Logan as the pigeon flies. It's not
exactly an unusual event when an MIT student shows up at BOS to meet a
friend.

Do they all show up wired?

So you say that someone walking around a major airport with powered
circuitry attached to them and a putty material should be left alone?

Since there is no reason to think that such a device is dangerous to
anyone other than perhaps the wearer, of course.

9/11 is not a license to be stupid.

I don't think that the person who called police took the time to
analyze the device.

No kidding. Nor did the police, whose job it was to do so.

R's,
John