[QUOTE]An Ohio man has been charged after authorities spotted him with a gun in a North Carolina airport parking lot as Air Force One was departing Sunday afternoon.
Joseph McVey, 23, is charged going armed in terror of the public, a misdemeanor, said Asheville Regional Airport Police Capt. Kevan Smith. Airport police saw McVey get out of a car about 2 p.m. in the rental car return lot and he had a gun, Smith said. He was taken into custody immediately and was being held at the Buncombe County jail.
Security was heightened at the airport because President Barack Obama was leaving after vacationing in the state, headed to the memorial service for the 29 West Virginia coal miners killed in an explosion. The suspect was nowhere near the president's plane and was in a public area.
Obama also visited 91-year-old evangelist Billy Graham's home after spending the weekend in Asheville.
McVey's car had strobe lights like a police car might, but the suspect is not in law enforcement, said Smith.
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The investigation into what McVey was doing with a gun and why his car was equipped with strobe lights is continuing, Smith said. Local police were in charge of the investigation. The Secret Service had no comment on the arrest, deferring to airport police.
A jail officer did not have a hometown listed for McVey and said it didn't appear McVey had an attorney. His bond was set at $100,000.
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I'm gonna take a shot in the dark, that these two events are unrelated.
I hate redneck idiots. (I live in NC)
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I hated it in NC. Then again I moved down to SC. Too many rednecks and everytime I speak "Why you talk like dat? Usin them there big words and all?"
Even if they weren't related, that was pretty damn stupid.
I don't care if there's a fucking amendment. Why would you carry a gun at an AIRPORT? For Christs' sake.
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I hated it in NC. Then again I moved down to SC. Too many rednecks and everytime I speak "Why you talk like dat? Usin them there big words and all?"[/QUOTE]
I'm originally from California, and when I hear why they hate Obama, I laugh my ass off.
I'm surprised it's only a misdemeanor.
I would be horrified if Obama died.
Even if I'm not a Demo, this is scary shit. God damn hicks.
God dammit don't kill Obama we would have Pelosi as vice.
Hmm. If you impersonate the police here you get five years in prison...
He's a police officer from the future, of course he's not going to be recorded with current law enforcement.
Why would they think he'd be there to kill Obama? They only kill the good presidents.
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And also: How come a crime near the president always gets magnified? He's as much of a human being as the rest of us!
They arrested the wrong person...
[QUOTE=Vinze;21567158]Why would they think he'd be there to kill Obama? They only kill the good presidents.
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And also: How come a crime near the president always gets magnified? He's as much of a human being as the rest of us![/QUOTE]
Because he's the president.
He was in the parking lot.
What, was he going to shoot at the plane as it took off? :colbert:
Wow, Kevin Smith arrested this man? I thought he hated airlines.
[QUOTE=Mazakrov;21561741]I hate redneck idiots. (I live in NC)[/QUOTE]
I hate everyone who stereotypes North Carolina as a state full of rednecks and hicks. In fact, Asheville is full of hippies and rope heads. If you also read, the guy was from Ohio, making this a NON-Carolinian citizen failing to kill Obama.
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I hated it in NC. Then again I moved down to SC. Too many rednecks and everytime I speak "Why you talk like dat? Usin them there big words and all?"[/QUOTE]
I would agree if you lived in the Madison County area, other than that, North Carolina has the highest living in the whole country. I just went to Raleigh this weekend, and was amazed at the houses I saw on my way there.
[QUOTE=Rubs10;21561820]I would be horrified if Obama died.[/QUOTE]
Biden would take over.
aaaaahhh
My state breeds the craziest motherfuckers, I swear.
[QUOTE=Javascript;21571587]My state breeds the craziest motherfuckers, I swear.[/QUOTE]
... He was from Ohio.
Haha! The airport this happened at is like... 10 minutes away from me :v:
Unrelated but still funny..a group of secret service members ate at the Cracker Barrel here too :v:
[QUOTE=BlackRazor88;21574301]Haha! The airport this happened at is like... 10 minutes away from me :v:
Unrelated but still funny..a group of secret service members ate at the Cracker Barrel here too :v:[/QUOTE]
What a coincidence :v:
Heh that 2nd line is pretty funny :v:
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[QUOTE=Renderman;21570252]I hate everyone who stereotypes North Carolina as a state full of rednecks and hicks. In fact, Asheville is full of hippies and rope heads. If you also read, the guy was from Ohio, making this a NON-Carolinian citizen failing to kill Obama.[/QUOTE]
How do you even know he was trying to kill Obama? This could be(and probably is) a coincidence.
Haha, killing Obama would fuck over the extremists so bad. Biden would be in power and by god he'd fuck them over with the most left agenda possible.
Wow, there's alot of my fellow North Carolinian's on FP. Or they just clicked the NC. I don't even think these things are related. He probably didn't even know Obama was there.
And we are not a State of hicks, it's actually pretty nice here.
[QUOTE=Nyaos;21574440]Haha, killing Obama would fuck over the extremists so bad. Biden would be in power and by god he'd fuck them over with the most left agenda possible.[/QUOTE]
Biden as president..
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I'm in NC. It's redneck in parts, but Raleigh/the surrounding area is almost entirely northern folk etc.
Not surprised someone from here would do something like this though.
[QUOTE=Canesfan;21574916]I'm in NC. It's redneck in parts, but Raleigh/the surrounding area is almost entirely northern folk etc.
Not surprised someone from here would do something like this though.[/QUOTE]
The guy was from Ohio. And I can't stand "northern folk". Exception to every rule though, and all that. Like this state going blue in 08...
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