- EVANSVILLE, IND (AP) -- A
Frenchwoman accused of undressing during an airport security screening
could face up to three years in prison if convicted under a law passed
after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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- Eliane Yvonne Marcele Aguillaume, 56, of Paris, burst
into tears Tuesday when a judge explained the possible penalties through
an interpreter.
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- Judge Robert J. Tornatta found probable cause for charges
of disorderly conduct at an airport, a felony, and resisting law enforcement
and public indecency, both misdemeanors. Aguillaume was scheduled to be
formally charged Friday.
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- Deputy Prosecutor Dawnya Taylor said the felony charge
stemmed from a state law passed in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
The law took effect July 1. It has never been applied in southwest Indiana,
she said.
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- The statute prescribes a sentence of six months to three
years, with one year the standard.
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- "We're going to have to decide if the incident rose
to the level of a felony," Taylor said.
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- Aguillaume was arrested Monday at Evansville Regional
Airport after she allegedly stripped to the waist in an angry response
to a security screener's attempt to search her with a metal-detecting wand.
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- During a routine security screening, authorities say
Aguillaume kept reaching inside her sweater, forcing guards to search her
again.
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- Aguillaume then became upset and allegedly removed her
sweater, shirt and bra. Police said Aguillaume tried to pull away as an
officer attempted to handcuff her. She later dropped to the ground and
refused to get up.
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- Aguillaume, who was returning to France after attending
the wedding of a nephew in the Evansville area, was booked in the Vanderburgh
County Jail and released after posting a $5,300 bond.
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- Comment
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- From Jerry L. Gardner
10-31-2
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- I personally lean toward Mr. Russell's account of the
incident in the airport in Indiana. Even if this lady did the things she
is accused of, she is probably just one of the millions tired of government
bull shit, being harassed, intimated and forced to stand in lines and under
go embarrassing body searches all in the name of Gestapo security.
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- Just as the entire state and federal law enforcement
population was so certain that the Baltimore sniper was a white man, or
an Islamist because that is obviously the only profiling they know how
to do now, every traveler is to be subjected to personal indignities. This
is historically what happens when you turn something over to the government
to control, or fix.
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- I stand in full agreement with Mr. Russell's assessment
of our (America's) very low standing in world opinion today. Sadly, our
leaders are perched and ready to make things far worse than the present
situation.
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- Loving one's country and watching it descend into the
depth of depravity and evil, is like watching a loved family member waste
away with a horrible disease. It's the enemy within more so than the enemy
without. America needs to clean house while we yet have a house to clean.
I personally feel very sorry for this lady who only came here to attend
a joyous occasion.
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- Thanks Mr. Russell, for a well stated article.
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