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Old Jan 4, 13, 12:43 pm   #1
 
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Sergio Romo (Baseball player) has run-in with TSA officers at Las Vegas (LAS) airport
Some news from the Sports.Yahoo:

Sports.Yahoo.Com:
Giants closer Sergio Romo has run-in with TSA officers at Las Vegas airport
January 3, 2012

According to this AP report:

The Associated Press:
Police issue Sergio Romo summons at Vegas airport
January 3, 2012

he "failed to provide proper identification at a document checkpoint and engaged in a dispute with TSA officers about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday."
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TSA spokesman Nico Melendez in Los Angeles says the security of other travelers wasn't compromised.
Thank goodness for that.
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So which airport rule did he violate after being detained by some "authorities" at LAS?
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So, uh... we can't fly at all without ID? Is that what they're saying? No enhanced screening, no other process, just "Papers please," and if you have none on you, you don't get to fly?

I was not aware of that SCOTUS decision.
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facing a misdemeanor summons in Las Vegas alleging he violated airport rules after being detained by authorities at McCarran International Airport on New Year's Day.



Is it a misdemeanor to violate an airport "rule"?
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Is it a misdemeanor to violate an airport "rule"?
Contempt of TSA?
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Contempt of TSA?
Uh-oh. Guilty. (red face)

I try very very hard not to ever let it show, because when I go to the airport, I really really do want to fly that day...
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USAToday: Giants closer Sergio Romo detained at Las Vegas airport
He is apparently guilty of flying while brown and having a big, bushy beard.... a photo of Mr. Romo:



The photograph was attached to this USToday article:

USAToday:
Giants closer Sergio Romo detained at Las Vegas airport
1:12a.m. EST January 4, 2013

The article opens with:
During the parade celebrating the San Francisco Giants' World Series triumph in October, reliever Sergio Romo pranced around wearing a T-shirt that read, "I just look illegal.''

His actions on New Year's Day were, if not illegal, enough to get him in hot water with the Las Vegas authorities.
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Maybe the TSO was a Dodgers fan?

But seriously, if it was simply not having I/D and being told he couldn't fly, then there is a real problem but from what I've heard and read, there appears to be more to the story which hasn't been made public (yet)
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Looks like he had a run-in with fictional characters, per the thread title.
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Is it a misdemeanor to violate an airport "rule"?
No, some news hack made that up and all the other stringers repeated it. The misdemeanor will be disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace or possibly public intoxication. Standard bottom-of-the-barrel charges when the cops really don't have anything substantial to lay.
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Is it a misdemeanor to violate an airport "rule"?
No, some news hack made that up and all the other stringers repeated it. The misdemeanor will be disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace or possibly public intoxication. Standard bottom-of-the-barrel charges when the cops really don't have anything substantial to lay.
Unless interfering with the screening process is thrown in for good measure (and that's federal)
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Whoa! Hold your horses! We know who is the players are. He's play for SF Giants. He is last pitching of ninth innings. He helps to win the game during World Series Championship by last year. They swept Tigers during 4-games series.
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Whoa! Hold your horses! We know who is the players are. He's play for SF Giants. He is last pitching of ninth innings. He helps to win the game during World Series Championship by last year. They swept Tigers during 4-games series.
That Romo!

I was thinking Tony Romo of the Cowboys and man he does not look anything like what I thought he would without his helmet.
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