Man arrested for viewing child porn on flight

[proud2BlibKansan]

(AP) BOSTON - Police say a man who was viewing child pornography on a domestic airline flight from Salt Lake City to Boston has been arrested.

Massachusetts State Police say 47-year-old Grant Smith was sitting in first class Saturday afternoon when a fellow passenger saw the pornographic images on Smith's laptop and alerted the flight crew.

When the Delta flight landed at Boston Logan International Airport just after 4 p.m., troopers interviewed Smith and subsequently arrested him.

He has been charged with possession of child pornography, and police say additional charges could follow.

more . . . http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57331659/man-arrested-for-viewing-child-porn-on-flight/

[Donnachaidh]

1. you have to wonder if this guy in a strange sense -wanted- to be busted.

I mean really -- on a flight? Did he figure being in first class he'd be bulletproof? :crazy:

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Actually yes

It's a strange way of thinking but yes.

[valerief]

4. Maybe he was. Charges may have been dropped already. Of course, if he were really privileged,

he'd be on one of his own private jets, not a commercial flight.

[Odin2005]

3. Evil makes you stupid?

[The Doctor.]

5. Nah, there are all kinds of ways to be stupid.

This guy just needs serious help.

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Must've been a really bad in-flight movie showing....

I mean WTF is with this guy.

[FarCenter]

7. If he had erased it before landing, which state would have had jurisdiction?

I've wondered about how in-flight crimes that aren't covered by federal law are prosecuted.

[TheMightyFavog]

8. IIRC any crime that crosses state lines automatically goes to the feds.

I may be wrong.