Only 2 years of probation and $100 fee? That's absurd! For all of the trouble she caused, she should have gotten, she should have gotten the same punishment that a passenger would have gotten had he made a false statement. In other words, this bitch should have gone to jail and/or paid a hefty fine. David R > Judge sentences former screener for false report at Reno airport > > RENO, Nev. (AP) ? A former airport screener who concocted a story about a > security breach to cover up her drinking on the job was sentenced to two > years of probation Thursday. U.S. District Court Judge David Hagen > sentenced Cheryl Shears to probation and ordered her to pay a $100 fee to > cover court costs after she pleaded guilty to making a false official > statement. On Nov. 16, 2001, officials shut down half of the Reno-Tahoe > International Airport after Shears claimed she confiscated a 3-inch knife > from a man who then took it back and threatened her with a gun. The closure > caused a dozen flights to be delayed and at least 300 travelers to > evacuate. Shears first told investigators she got a double vodka at a bar > before reporting the incident because she was frightened, but then admitted > making up the story to cover up her drinking, federal officials said. > Shears was an employee of a company hired by Southwest Airlines to conduct > pre-boarding searches of passengers and their carry-on luggage > > *************************************************** > The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site/TnTisland.com > Roj (Roger James) > > escape email mailto:ejames@xxxxxxxxx > Trinbago site: www.tntisland.com > Carib Brass Ctn site www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ > Steel Expressions www.mts.net/~ejames/se/ > Mas Site: www.tntisland.com/tntrecords/mas2003/ > Site of the Week: http://www.natalielaughlin.com/ > TnT Webdirectory: http://search.co.tt > *********************************************************