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Call CSI... Vegas only.

Don't bother calling those NY or Miami guys..
Call the original... CSI in Vegas


Next time you watch the show... time how long it takes for them to get their black lights out.... Hilarious... Love it when they are in the hotel rooms and the place lights up like a disco.

Can only imagine how that NWA seat cover looks today.
I'll let you know on my commute.
 
Off-duty NWA worker charged with assault for in-flight incident -
Star Tribune
An off-duty Northwest Airlines employee was arrested Monday after
he allegedly touched a female passenger as she tried to sleep and
ejaculated on her, according to a complaint filed in federal
court in Minneapolis.
By Joy Powell, Star Tribune
Last update: March 05, 2007 - 11:28 PM

An off-duty Northwest Airlines employee was arrested Monday after
he allegedly touched a female passenger as she tried to sleep and
ejaculated on her, according to a complaint filed in federal
court in Minneapolis.

Samuel Oscar Gonzalez, 20, of Lakewood, Wash., was charged with
simple assault, a misdemeanor, in U.S. District Court, where he
made an initial appearance Monday night. He was in the custody of
the U.S. Marshals Service and was being held in the Sherburne
County jail.

The incident was reported just before dawn on Flight 154, a
red-eye flight from Seattle to Minneapolis.

Later Monday, Northwest Airlines said in a statement that an
equipment service employee, traveling as a passenger on the
flight, has been suspended pending a review of the incident. It
declined to provide other details, except to say it is
cooperating with law enforcement.

Equipment service employees handle customer bags, de-ice
airplanes and other tasks.

The flight left Seattle at 12:44 a.m. and arrived at
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport at 5:35 a.m. Late in
the flight, the complaint says, a female passenger told airline
attendants and the FBI that she was in her aisle seat, trying to
sleep, when a man moved into the middle seat next to her.

He began touching her in a way that she described as "spooning,"
the complaint says. She felt her shirt move up her back followed
by some additional touching, and then the man got up and walked
toward the forward part of the plane. When the woman reached to
adjust her shirt, the complaint says, she discovered warm fluid,
which she described as semen, on her back, side, clothing and a
seat.

The woman notified a flight attendant and identified Gonzalez.
The woman was moved to another seat for the rest of the flight
and attendants notified Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport police, who
met with the woman and detained Gonzalez after the plane landed.
"I've never heard of anything like this happening before," said
Pat Hogan, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Airports Commission.
"Not in the six and a half years I've been at the Airports
Commission."

Chris Kawater, assistant chief of the U.S. Marshals Office in
Minneapolis, said that in his 24 years of service, he had never
heard of such a case.

FBI agent Michael Cannizzaro, one of two airport liaison agents,
alleged in the complaint that Gonzalez had "knowingly and
intentionally committed a simple assault." That offense is
punishable by up to six months in jail and a possible fine.

The risk of disease transmission in such a situation is remote,
said one expert.

"It's not likely to be any risk at all, even if you were looking
at the standard agents like HIV, hepatitis B or herpes," said Dr.
Michael Osterholm, director of the U of M's Center for Infectious
Disease, Research and Policy. He said to become infected, a
person would have to have a wide-open fresh cut or have the
fluids come in contact with mucous membranes.

Equipment service employees are covered by a union contract.
Stephen Gordon, an official with the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers, declined to comment on Monday.

All new Northwest employees must meet certain federal government
and company employment standards, NWA spokesman Bill Mellon said
Monday night. But he declined to specify what type of background
checks might be performed before ground workers are hired.

Northwest did not explain precisely how it is equipped to handle
assaults that might occur between passengers or passengers and
crew.

"For security reasons, we don't discuss the handling of in-flight
incidents," Mellon said. "But our flight attendants and pilots
are trained to handle issues that might arise during a flight."

Staff writer Liz Fedor contributed to this report.

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A late flight, a dozing flier, a very creepy encounter - Pioneer
Press
Off-duty NWA worker accused of - to put it discreetly -
assaulting female seatmate
BY TAD VEZNER

An off-duty Northwest Airlines employee was accused Monday of
curling up next to an unsuspecting female passenger during an
overnight flight from Seattle to the Twin Cities, masturbating
and then ejaculating on her.

Police arrested Samuel Oscar Gonzalez, 20, of Lakewood, Wash.,
after Northwest Flight 154 arrived early Monday at
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Federal prosecutors
charged Gonzalez with simple assault.

According to a criminal complaint, the woman was trying to sleep
in her assigned aisle seat when Gonzales sat down in the middle
seat next to her. He was not assigned to that seat, the complaint
said.

The woman told authorities she felt Gonzalez "spoon" her, or
cradle her body from behind, and then felt her shirt being lifted
up.

"The victim felt additional touching by Gonzalez, who then got up
from the middle seat and walked toward the forward part of the
aircraft," the complaint stated.

The woman then readjusted her shirt and found "warm fluid on her
back and on her side" and also saw the fluid on her clothes and a
seat, the complaint stated. She later described the fluid as
semen.

The woman immediately notified a flight attendant, the complaint
said. The crew moved her to another seat near the front of the
plane.

Gonzalez is an equipment service worker, according to Eagan-based
Northwest, which did not specifically identify him by name. Such
employees typically handle baggage or cargo.

Officials with the International Association of Machinists and
Aerospace Workers said Gonzalez works in Seattle-Tacoma
International Airport's fleet services division.

FBI spokesman Paul McCabe said Gonzalez was being held in federal
custody pending another court appearance today.

Northwest officials released a statement saying an employee had
been suspended following "an incident with another passenger" on
Flight 154. They confirmed Gonzalez was an airline employee but
did not identify him as the one suspended.

The airline said it was cooperating with investigators.

Twin Cities airport spokesman Pat Hogan declined to comment on
the case, referring calls to the FBI.

A man who answered the phone at Gonzalez's Washington state
address and identified himself as Gonzalez's stepfather said he
had yet to hear of the incident and declined to comment to the
Pioneer Press.

Sheryl Jean contributed to this report.
 
why in the hell did she let him "spoon" her in the first place!? you would think that would be where it would stop, and then, he pulled her shirt up! with all of that going on, she didnt know this guy was jackin it behind her? this is the craziest....
 
why in the hell did she let him "spoon" her in the first place!? you would think that would be where it would stop, and then, he pulled her shirt up! with all of that going on, she didnt know this guy was jackin it behind her? this is the craziest....

exactly, not that i'm supporting this guy, but don't you think that the moment this guy started "spooning" this girl she should have taken action. Not to mention when the guy started with the shirt thing. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out there is more to this story......
 
It is better than most get treated on NWA. Most of the time it seems like they prefer to actually stick it up you ###. I think she got lucky....

BTW, did she work at Jetblue?
 
She's looking at a nice payday at the end of this, just to "make it go away."

Off the top of your head, how much do you guys think she could get if she settles fast? What about getting a good lawyer and taking it to court? Just wondering.
 

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