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U.S. Air Marshal Forgets Gun in Restroom
AP via Yahoo ^ | Friday 09 April 2004 | AP

Posted on 04/10/2004 10:22:42 AM PDT by archy

U.S. Air Marshal Forgets Gun in Restroom Fri Apr 9,10:14 PM ET Add U.S. National -

CLEVELAND - A federal air marshal accidentally left her gun in a restroom at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, an airport spokeswoman said Friday.

A passenger found the semiautomatic handgun Thursday and notified an airport employee. The employee then told airport police, who secured the weapon, said the spokeswoman, Pat Smith.

"They later found it belonged to a federal air marshal who apparently was using the restroom and put it up on the shelf while she was washing her hands and forgot about it," Smith said.

Dave Adams, a spokesman for the federal Air Marshal Service, said the marshal, whose name was not released, probably would be suspended.

"The air marshal realized within five minutes that she had lost her weapon, went back to the police department and it was subsequently returned to her," Adams said. "Obviously, we are very concerned about the situation."

There were no delays or other disruptions at the airport.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Ohio; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airheadmarshal; airlinesecurity; airmarshal; bang; banglist; copchick; donutwatch; lostmybangiethang; lostmygun; oops; skyjacking; tsa; xairmarshal; yourfired
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1 posted on 04/10/2004 10:22:43 AM PDT by archy
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To: archy
Is she blonde?
2 posted on 04/10/2004 10:23:54 AM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Travis McGee; Squantos; spatzie; hookman; Joe Brower; Shooter 2.5; *bang_list
Terrorists! I'll just pull out my gun, and...and...ooops!
3 posted on 04/10/2004 10:24:43 AM PDT by archy (The darkness will come. It will find you,and it will scare you like you've never been scared before.)
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To: Dog Gone
Doh !!

4 posted on 04/10/2004 10:25:18 AM PDT by traumer
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To: *bang_list
Bang
5 posted on 04/10/2004 10:25:20 AM PDT by Fiddlstix (This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Dog Gone
Is she blonde?

Remains to be seen.

6 posted on 04/10/2004 10:25:46 AM PDT by archy (The darkness will come. It will find you,and it will scare you like you've never been scared before.)
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To: archy
"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli."
7 posted on 04/10/2004 10:25:54 AM PDT by hispanarepublicana (Mr. Fox, give us our water!!!)
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To: Dog Gone
Even more important, is she still on the payroll? If so, why? She has proven she is more of a danger than a safeguard.
8 posted on 04/10/2004 10:25:56 AM PDT by White Eagle
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To: archy
Making the life for terrorist(s) SO MUCH EASIER !!

9 posted on 04/10/2004 10:27:33 AM PDT by traumer
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To: archy
I'll bet it sucks to tell your boss, "Uh, I lost my gun while I was taking a dump..."
10 posted on 04/10/2004 10:27:35 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Bad spellers of the world untie!!)
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To: traumer

"I kinda like forgot my gun, you know?"

11 posted on 04/10/2004 10:27:43 AM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: archy
I was about to say that at least he remembered to zip up his fly, but she didn't have one.
12 posted on 04/10/2004 10:27:47 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: Dog Gone
I always take off my shoes too when I wash my hands. Does the lady carry the pistol around in her hands all the time, or is it supposed to be out of sight?
13 posted on 04/10/2004 10:28:19 AM PDT by cynicom
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To: archy
Betcha, she didn't forget her coffee and donuts.
14 posted on 04/10/2004 10:28:24 AM PDT by Smartass (God Bless America and Our Troops - Bush & Cheney in 2004)
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To: archy
Dumb and dumber. Reason #217 why I don't fly anymore.
15 posted on 04/10/2004 10:28:33 AM PDT by 7.62 x 51mm (© • ™ • ®)
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"The air marshal realized within five minutes that she had lost her weapon,...."

The feds give this dumb broad a gun and won't arm pilots. I bet she didn't forget her lipstick. The inmates are in charge of the asylum.

16 posted on 04/10/2004 10:29:14 AM PDT by elbucko (Repeal the 19th. Amendment.)
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>"They later found it belonged to a federal air marshal who apparently was using the restroom and put it up on the shelf while she was washing her hands and forgot about it," Smith said.

This is something that
Pepper never would have done.
We need good girl cops . . .






17 posted on 04/10/2004 10:29:49 AM PDT by theFIRMbss
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To: archy
This makes no sense at all. Why in the world would she have had to put it on a shelf to wash her hands?? I would have expected that she'd have had it in a holster or in her purse.
18 posted on 04/10/2004 10:30:34 AM PDT by Bob
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To: cynicom
That's what I was wondering. Just because she washed her hands doesn't mean that she needs to extract her pistol and lay it on the counter. How do you go from having it holstered and secured to leaving it sitting next to the soap dispenser in an airport bathroom?
19 posted on 04/10/2004 10:31:05 AM PDT by Steel Wolf (Yo Mullah so fat, he has to iron his robes on the driveway!)
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To: archy
Only law enforcement should have guns.
20 posted on 04/10/2004 10:31:46 AM PDT by Dan from Michigan ("...and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take...OUR FREEDOM")
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