Sunday, April 25, 2010

ANOTHER KRAZY GETS NABBED

There will be more in the Asheville Citizen-Times on Monday. Here's what's known so far:
Armed man arrested at airport as Obama departs
Josh Boatwright • April 25, 2010

ASHEVILLE — Asheville Regional Airport police arrested a 23-year-old Ohio man who was carrying a handgun and listening to police radio scanners near the runway around the time President Barack Obama’s flight was leaving Asheville.

Joseph Sean McVey, of Coshocton, in southeastern Ohio, pulled his vehicle in front of a gate in the rental car parking lot as Air Force One was taxiing on the runway just before 2 p.m.

McVey got out of the car and started talking on a handheld radio attached to a remote earpiece and the officer noticed he was wearing a sidearm.

While searching his Pontiac Grand Prix, investigators heard police department radio traffic “indicating he was monitoring our frequency when he arrived,”

Officers also found a siren box under his steering wheel, several pieces of paper with agency frequencies written on them and a sticky note in the cup holder with rifle scope formulas on them.

The officer and Secret Service agents asked for McVey’s identification and when they ran his driver’s license number through a computer it did not come back as valid.

2 comments:

Zeno Izen said...

He's a ham operator. K8JSM

Steve J. said...

Is it possible to listen to his broadcasts online?