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Woman Arrested After Cruise For Stealing Pack Of Cigarettes In 1991
CBS Tampa ^ | January 23, 2013

Posted on 01/23/2013 1:17:19 PM PST by nickcarraway

A woman returning from a cruise vacation is being held in a central Florida jail on a warrant from 1991.

Brevard County Jail records show 41-year-old Robin Hall is being held on an out-of-county warrant. She’ll stay there until she is transferred to Orange County — possibly on Thursday — where she was arrested more than 20 years ago for stealing a pack of cigarettes at a local Wal-Mart. She was 18 at the time.

Hall tells WESH-TV she owes the state $85 in court costs.

“I just want it all to be over so I can go home,” Hall told the station.

She was taken into custody last week after arriving at Port Canaveral from vacation with her family. WESH reports that when authorities checked the cruise ship’s passenger list for terrorists, they found a warrant for Hall.

WESH-TV reports that Hall, who is an architect, designs jet engines for Pratt & Whitney.

Jail records don’t list an attorney.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; US: Florida
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To: Revolting cat!; All

cost of a pack of smokes in 1991... in Florida... what? $1.00? These days you need like a couple platinum coins with 0bozo’s likeness on it.


21 posted on 01/23/2013 1:38:15 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: MichaelCorleone

Have they shot her dog yet?


22 posted on 01/23/2013 1:38:53 PM PST by Jumpmaster (Defund the Left!)
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To: nickcarraway; a fool in paradise

In the meantime, I nearly drove through a red light this morning and the Feds looked the other way!


23 posted on 01/23/2013 1:40:59 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: nickcarraway

“WESH-TV reports that Hall, who is an architect, designs jet engines for Pratt & Whitney.”

After this article and resultant publicity, probably not anymore.


24 posted on 01/23/2013 1:42:14 PM PST by Carriage Hill (AR-10s/15s are the 21st Century's Muskets. Self-Defense is The First Human Right.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

GUILTY!!!!!


25 posted on 01/23/2013 1:44:35 PM PST by YOMO
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To: nickcarraway

Meanwhile Jon Corzine steals 100 billion dollars and he’s out playing golf.


26 posted on 01/23/2013 1:45:05 PM PST by Hammerhead
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To: Revolting cat!
IBNGV (In Before NOT GUILTY Votes!)

...uh...I think you meant IBGAHV (in before guilty as hell votes)
27 posted on 01/23/2013 1:45:54 PM PST by fr_freak
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To: massgopguy

If she didn’t have a job to lose, I’d have stayed in jail and fought it with a public defender and taken Wal-Mart to small claims court and cost as many people as much money and time as possible. I wouldn’t leave jail in fact.


28 posted on 01/23/2013 1:50:24 PM PST by BipolarBob (Happy Hunger Games! May the odds be ever in your favor.)
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To: ArrogantBustard

Exactly.


29 posted on 01/23/2013 1:51:18 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: Arm_Bears
Below what dollar amount, or after what period of time, does a crime cease to be a crime?

7 years for normal people.

30 posted on 01/23/2013 1:53:05 PM PST by BipolarBob (Happy Hunger Games! May the odds be ever in your favor.)
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To: nickcarraway
"...WESH-TV reports that Hall, who is an architect, designs jet engines for Pratt & Whitney..."

Uh, remind me not to fly on anything powered by Pratt & Whitney.
31 posted on 01/23/2013 1:55:09 PM PST by frankenMonkey
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To: Revolting cat!

OH HELL NO!!!!!!!!!!

GUILTY!!!! And throw away the key!


32 posted on 01/23/2013 1:59:08 PM PST by saleman (!!!!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Crimes with no court action has limits. Once the person is identified. The statue of limitations do not apply.

So a 20 year old warrant is valid for any thing.

33 posted on 01/23/2013 2:00:37 PM PST by riverrunner
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To: frankenMonkey

You might need a clearance for that sort of job. I wonder if she’ll lose hers.


34 posted on 01/23/2013 2:01:16 PM PST by MetaThought
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To: nickcarraway

“...She was taken into custody last week after arriving at Port Canaveral from vacation with her family. WESH reports that when authorities checked the cruise ship’s passenger list for terrorists, they found a warrant for Hall.
...”


Homeland Security or local LEO?
I wonder how many passengers on the manifest were skipped over because it was to un-PC to nab them?


35 posted on 01/23/2013 2:06:13 PM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: nickcarraway

If she had only gone to Harvard, worked for Goldman Sachs and stolen $50 million, she would be free and clear.


36 posted on 01/23/2013 2:07:45 PM PST by andy58-in-nh (Cogito, ergo armatum sum.)
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To: Jumpmaster

“Have they shot her dog yet?”

I don’t think she has a dog. You don’t see a porkchop around her neck do you? You see, she’s so ugly the she has to.....Oh nevermind


37 posted on 01/23/2013 2:08:57 PM PST by saleman (!!!!)
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To: nickcarraway

This almost reminds me of the dangerous 5 year old with the bubble gun.


38 posted on 01/23/2013 2:09:12 PM PST by Raycpa
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To: nickcarraway

If her name had been Juanita Gonzalez, they wouldn’t have even bothered with arresting her.


39 posted on 01/23/2013 2:13:23 PM PST by Isabel C.
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I think $85 will buy TWO packs of cigarettes in New York, today, with the taxes up the ass.....


40 posted on 01/23/2013 2:14:57 PM PST by traditional1 (Amerika.....Providing public housing for the Mulatto Messiah)
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