Cornroaster

http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/29809244.html

Happened back on the 26th, but just noticed the news today as I was out of town.

"The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department confirms that Tom Wopat, also known as Luke Duke, was busted at Mitchell International after being caught with marijuana.

Spokeswoman Kim Brooks says the Transportation Security Administration called deputies after finding the pot on Wopat.

The Sheriff's Department issued Wopat a $500 citation. He had 1.2 grams of pot."

Superguy

Glad TSA's keeping aviation safe from pot heads.

Question is: did they find the drugs incident to a bag check, or did they call the bag check because they saw the drugs?

If it's the latter, I hope he fights the siezure.

Super

Spiff

Busted by the equivalent of Roscoe P. Coltrane. How embarassing.

I'm sure Boss Hogg or one of his flunkys will make a pithy statement about how such important seizures by the Communist Party keep us all safe.

BiziBB

He should have taken the General Lee.

Ah kneeeew.... gas prices!

goalie

and the clock starts now......

any guesses as to when the tsa will self implode (i mean self promote) on it's website?

mbstone

What is this world coming to when people are so stupid they can't smuggle 1.2 grams of pot, what is that, a tablespoon? A joint? Is there anybody here who lacks the skill, I'm not saying you would, but you could, demetallize yourself and walk nonchalantly through a WTMD with 1.2g in your pocket??

I'd like to hear more about how Wopat managed to get caught with such a paltry stash.

HSVTSO Dean

Would likely have to be the first, unless he kept his stash in some kind of leaded-crystal vase or something else worthwhile that would need to have a look taken at it (but, even so, the search would have been to ascertain that nothing was hinky about the vase that we couldn't see through).

That small of an amount of marijuana in an x-ray would be the closest thing to invisible you'd ever not see.

You'd be surprised what people do with the stuff.

One incident involved the gentleman being sent to hand-wanding because, even though he had his stash in his pocket... he had it all wrapped up in aluminum foil.

Another guy, apparently not really in his whole mind, was taking out everything in his pockets and just dropped his bag right there into the bowl in front of a TSO.

Another guy being sent for wanding randomly, refused to be screened, which means the STSO is required to notify the local LEOs. Normally this involves asking a few questions and then the LEO letting them go without incident, but apparently in this case the cop decided that the guy was acting suspicious. It was eventually discovered that he had marijuana on his person, but I don't know the rest of the details about that event. I don't think the police officer would have had probable cause to justify a search of the man, so he probably talked himself into consent. If he had just submitted to the HHMD search in the first place, it'd have never been discovered at all.

I'm guessing never. If it even gets a blurb I'd be shocked. These things happen all the time, man. TSA doesn't announce every single time it catches prohibited items or contraband, and even the fact that it's a celebrity (or former celebrity, whatever) isn't that big of a deal anymore.

goalie

like this: http://www.tsa.dhs.gov/press/happeni..._revealed.shtm

or these non-national security self-promotes
http://www.tsa.dhs.gov/press/happeni...na_winter.shtm
http://www.tsa.dhs.gov/press/happeni..._cottrill.shtm

you know me, it's not the people, it's the system and what the system focuses on

jhayes_1780

I disagree.... Roscoe P Coltrane was a reasonable good cop. IMhO it was more like getting busted by Cletus or Enos.

Furthermore, he was VERY lucky this wasn't Chickasaw County... Sheriff Little would have had him working on the chain gang

N965VJ

Perhaps he had some paraphernalia with him as well that was not reported.

Haveaniceday

Your first example was about BDO's. TSA is still high on the great work that the BDO's do and they want everyone to know it.

TransitJohn

1.2 grams???? Lol. Why not just throw it away????

dhuey

Good Ole Boy Tom is just lucky he wasn't busted in Dixieland. Long ago, Aaron Neville (of the Neville Brothers) served 3.5 years in prison in Louisiana for possession of two joints.

It would make a lot of sense for TSA to ignore simple drug possession, but I guess these busts help them justify their efforts and budgets. Yes, Senator, we're fighting the War on Terror, but we're also helping out in the War on Drugs.

Mikey likes it

He's just a good ol' boy

Never meanin' no harm

Beats all you ever saw

Been in trouble with the law

Since the day he was born

Javan69

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Got some good ol' dope
Ain't no Mexican rope....

Anyone remember Robert Parrish's infamous Celtic green?
It astonishes me how stupid people are with drugs at airports. Stick with psychs - impossible to find. If you're going weed, then friggin' make cookies or bring kif (the powdery stuff) or hash. Havin' a baggie of award winning budage is just, plain, dumb.