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Cops: Lost couple cuts chain to enter nuclear plant property
WTOP News (Washington DC) ^ | 29 May 2016 | AP

Posted on 05/30/2016 4:38:22 PM PDT by COBOL2Java

DELTA, Pa. (AP) — A couple who got lost in Pennsylvania while driving to New York entered the property of a nuclear plant by cutting a chain at a gate, apparently in a quest to get back on the right road, authorities said.

The Chesapeake, Virginia, couple were driving from Baltimore on Friday night when they got onto an access road at the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, owned by Exelon. The driver told police he didn’t see two “No trespassing” signs when he cut the chain on the gate, The York Daily Record (http://bit.ly/27XVuF5) reported.

Exelon spokeswoman Krista Merkel said the couple never posed a threat to the plant and security was monitoring them the entire time they were on plant property.

“It seemed they inadvertently made it to our property and were trying to find their way back out,” Merkel said. “They thought the only way they could get back was to cut the fence.”

Police initially said, after consulting with security staff, that the man and woman appeared to have made it to “a highly security sensitive area where radioactive material is transferred from the main power plant. If the couple had gone inside a nearby outbuilding, the plant would have been placed on lockdown and there was a “possibility of lethal force being used,” authorities said in court documents.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: askfordirections; chesapeake; delta; dolts; exelon; gps; jenileejeansimpson; movedtobeverly; newyork; pennsylvania; timothyleestewart; virginia; yorkcounty
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To: COBOL2Java

Was the woman wearing a headscarf?


61 posted on 05/30/2016 6:56:59 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. --George Orwell)
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To: johniegrad
Reminds me of a time long ago, came up to a chained gate across the road preventing access to a promising fishing spot.

It was a rock quarry. The chain had 7 padlocks on it, I guess so a number of people could have access.

Next time I drove by, I cut a link and put another padlock on, then I could drive to my spot instead of jumping over the gate!

However, did have to make another trip with the cutters.

These people already having cutters is weird.

62 posted on 05/30/2016 6:58:46 PM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a Momma deuce)
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To: COBOL2Java

I’ve been by a couple entrances to the plant. It’s a pretty remote area and not one on any normal route between Chesapeake, VA and New York.

This afternoon my son and I were checking out some mountain bike trails and got a little turned around. We could have left easily by riding through the yard of a small business, but I told him I’d rather not trespass unless we couldn’t find our way out. Of course, I’m not a meth head.


63 posted on 05/30/2016 7:14:52 PM PDT by cyclotic (Guns don't kill people. Abortion clinics kill people)
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To: P-Marlowe

“No names. I suspect one of them was named Mohammed.”


“Timothy Lee Stewart, 28, and Jenilee Jean Simpson, 33, have been charged with trespassing at the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, the York Daily Record reports. “

http://www.newser.com/story/225818/cops-lost-couple-cut-lock-at-nuke-plant.html


64 posted on 05/30/2016 7:29:46 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: COBOL2Java

Methheads, pro’ly thought chained fence meant Fort Knox, something worth lifting...


65 posted on 05/30/2016 7:52:42 PM PDT by 4Liberty (We can't say 'property' with Rights, but we must say 'social' (collectivism) with "Justice.")
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To: johniegrad

Not me, when I go for long drives, I take an acetylene torch set up for the harder jobs if I get lost.


66 posted on 05/30/2016 8:14:57 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: visualops

“I think they are just stupid.”

Perhaps that’s only what you’re supposed to think. Inbred stupidity may be the best cover for an agent, after homosexuality.


67 posted on 05/30/2016 8:20:39 PM PDT by Dirt for sale (QS)
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To: COBOL2Java

That’s an idiotic, non-believable excuse for cutting a lock.

The problem is, what would be a good excuse?

“My kid threw his ball over the fence.”(?)


68 posted on 05/30/2016 8:23:52 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Ride To The Sound Of The Guns.)
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To: P-Marlowe

Timothy Lee Stewart, 28
Jennifer Jean Simpson, 33


69 posted on 05/30/2016 8:33:04 PM PDT by BlackAdderess (A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen... -Emerson)
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To: COBOL2Java

The woman was arrested in Virginia Beach back in February of this year, for unauthorized use of a vehicle/animal/boat, bail was set at $3,500.00. Her boyfriend looks like a very old 28 and appears to not have all his teeth, judging from the set of his jaw. They had drug paraphernalia in the vehicle when arrested.


70 posted on 05/30/2016 8:47:30 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: COBOL2Java

Yeah, when lost on back roads, doesn’t everyone assume that cutting a chain blocking a road is a sure-fired means of getting back onto a major paved highway?


71 posted on 05/30/2016 10:52:26 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: johniegrad; Tijeras_Slim

Common event for me .....I carry bolt cutters as the cable lock on my trucks spare tire always seems to be rusted when / if I have a flat...... my excuse. Medium size harbor freight el cheapo pair of bolt cutters , right next to the jumper cables and panty hose improvised spare fan belt .

...... and I drive into a nuclear facility at least 5 days a week ....:o)


72 posted on 05/31/2016 2:53:57 AM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: BobL

interesting. no names.


73 posted on 05/31/2016 4:06:58 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian governments are the biggest killer of citizens in the world.)
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To: Chickensoup

The names are there and we’ve posted their arrest photos.


74 posted on 05/31/2016 4:33:23 AM PDT by johniegrad
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To: easternsky

Did she hold his beer?


75 posted on 05/31/2016 4:39:41 AM PDT by Theophilus (Always vote. Always vote your conscience. God wins every election.)
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To: Chickensoup

They finally did show names...it was white trash.


76 posted on 05/31/2016 4:50:07 AM PDT by BobL
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To: seowulf

When I see those lyrics, I hear the Tesla version!


77 posted on 05/31/2016 7:04:19 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
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To: COBOL2Java

This is an operational test to probe for vulnerabilities at the target site. This sounds like a Bill Ayers/Hussein Obama tactic.


78 posted on 05/31/2016 7:29:48 AM PDT by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarme)
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To: Dirt for sale

I still think they are stupid, I don’t think it’s an act.
They couldn’t make bail.


79 posted on 05/31/2016 3:32:20 PM PDT by visualops (It's the majority of the American people and Trump against the enemies of the republic - Windflier)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Yeah, sure, just lost, not casing the place, not them.

80 posted on 06/01/2016 8:57:08 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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