Cracking down on those evil engineering students and their evil LEDs

[tevarin]

"Her sweat shirt, which she described as a piece of art, had a battery-powered circuit board with flashing lights. Security personnel became alarmed by the device and arrested her at gunpoint outside the airport.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080602/ap_on_re_us/ ( Read more... )

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[vrimj]

I am livid. That was stupid. And I wish she had fought the charge rather then just agreeing to community service. I can't believe they arrested her for possession of a hoax device. At least the prosecutors showed good sense in lowering the charge. I don't think they could have sold this as a "real" fake bomb given her background.