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FBI agent pays fine in shooting into hotel cooler
Las Vegas Sun ^
| August 29, 2003
| Sito Negron
Posted on 08/30/2003 9:43:58 PM PDT by Double Tap
FBI agent pays fine in shooting into hotel cooler
Sito Negron
LAS VEGAS SUN
An FBI agent who fired two rounds into a walk-in cooler at a Strip hotel in May has paid the Barbary Coast $12,517 for the damage and paid a $105 fine after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge, authorities said.
John Hanson III still faces investigation by his agency, said Special Agent Todd Palmer, spokesman for the FBI Las Vegas office.
Police reports indicate that Hanson, who was in Las Vegas to attend an accounting seminar, was caught on surveillance cameras firing his .45-caliber handgun into the walk-in cooler. No one was inside at the time, although there was a lobster.
Hanson was charged only with a misdemeanor because of the late-night time of the incident, and the fact that the freezer was in a back area with no one inside, District Attorney David Roger said.
"The only victim in that case was a lobster, and Nevada statutes don't provide for attempted murder of a lobster," Roger said.
Roger said Hanson did not receive preferential treatment in court.
"I can tell you anybody else with the same record and same circumstances would have received the same deal," Roger said. "He pleaded straight up to the charge, made restitution and paid the fine."
After the shots, security officers at the hotel detained Hanson, recovered the shell casings and called police, who confiscated the gun. They then called supervisors to tell them an FBI agent was involved in the incident.
The weapon and a copy of the tape were given to another agent, who was in town for the same seminar as Hanson, the police report indicates.
According to the police report, Hanson said he did not remember firing his Glock handgun. Officers cited Hanson with a misdemeanor, discharging a firearm, and released him.
Hanson pleaded guilty to that count June 26 and paid his fine.
Hanson has been an instructor at the FBI training academy in Quantico, Va., but Palmer said he could not say whether Hanson still was on duty. Disciplinary action against Hanson could range from leave without pay to firing.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: banglist; fbi; lobster
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"I can tell you anybody else with the same record and same circumstances would have received the same deal," Roger said. "He pleaded straight up to the charge, made restitution and paid the fine."Yeah, sure.
To: Double Tap; Squantos; SLB; Lion Den Dan; Travis McGee
Hanson has been an instructor at the FBI training academy in Quantico, Va., but Palmer said he could not say whether Hanson still was on duty. What was he doing in Vegas? How old is he?
To: Double Tap
old news here in town
To: Double Tap
If I knew he was going to shoot the cooler,
I would have made sure Hogan was in the cooler!
To: Double Tap
"According to the police report, Hanson said he did not remember firing his Glock handgun."
You gotta be kidding me. How do you not remember a situation like this unless you are totally lit.
"Hanson has been an instructor at the FBI training academy in Quantico, Va."
Be afraid.
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posted on
08/30/2003 9:53:53 PM PDT
by
Stew Padasso
(pro-rock.com - bsnn.net - libertyteeth.com - BFD - Puff Puff Ping)
To: Stew Padasso
How do you not remember a situation like this unless you are totally litThat is my guess.
To: RIGHT IN SEATTLE
OK. I did a search, it wasn't posted. It is dated yesterday, so it isn't that old. Did I miss something?
To: Double Tap
Hanson? Rhymes with Hanssen? Not a good name for the FBI.
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posted on
08/30/2003 10:00:39 PM PDT
by
nicollo
To: Stew Padasso
Maybe he's like that jump instructor who was so comfortable jumping out of planes that one day he forgot to put on his parachute.
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posted on
08/30/2003 10:02:47 PM PDT
by
Rome2000
(Vote McNader and Bustamonte wins)
To: Fred Mertz
He could'nt "remember" firing his glock ?!?!?!?!!?
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What a crock . Stay Safe !
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posted on
08/30/2003 10:15:53 PM PDT
by
Squantos
(Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt.)
To: Double Tap
. . . and same circumstances . . . He means an FBI agent.
Way too many irresponsible, trigger happy cops out there. You can find a story every few days about one.
To: Double Tap; Stew Padasso
Maybe not lit, but practicing saying "I don't remember" for the next Waco incident.
How did he get into an area with a cooler in the first place? Just stumbling around the kitchen?
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posted on
08/30/2003 10:34:42 PM PDT
by
lelio
To: Squantos
I am sure the lobster made a threating move, requiring a response.
To: razorback-bert
Actually.......I can see this happening ....... I used a satchel full of C-4 once to kill a woodpecker.
My OIC wasn't the least bit impressed either.........Stay Safe Bert !
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posted on
08/30/2003 10:51:30 PM PDT
by
Squantos
(Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt.)
To: razorback-bert
I am sure the lobster made a threating move, requiring a response. Was it a lobster of color? Jesse Jackson will be picketing.
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posted on
08/30/2003 10:56:59 PM PDT
by
Young Rhino
(Does God wear a tinfoil hat? Is He a member of the CFR and Trilateral Commission?)
To: razorback-bert
I am sure the lobster made a threatening move, requiring a response. Yep, he thought he saw something shiny in its claw.
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posted on
08/30/2003 11:09:41 PM PDT
by
Mind-numbed Robot
(Not all things that need to be done need to be done by the government.)
To: Squantos
I fully understand, after having to rid a house of a woodpecker, finally caught it in a minnow net. I was about to try some really light loads in a 20 gauge.
To: Squantos
He can't remember, and he's an FBI firearms instructor!!!!
FAMOUS, BUT INCOMPETENT
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posted on
08/30/2003 11:12:55 PM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
To: Mind-numbed Robot; razorback-bert
"The sheep disobeyed an order to put down the rope, and made a threatening gesture. The FBI SWAT man had no other alternative."
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posted on
08/30/2003 11:15:53 PM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
To: Travis McGee
Hey Bro let me know when the load lightens up and I'll send ya some duckets for the book........I'm too busy to read it for the next few months anyway
Hope yer book does well !............... Stay Safe !
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posted on
08/30/2003 11:32:10 PM PDT
by
Squantos
(Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt.)
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