Jun 2, 2008 1:58 pm US/Eastern
MIT Student In Logan Bomb Scare Gets Probation
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Simpson pleaded not guilty to a charge of possessing a hoax device at her arraignment in East Boston District Court last September 21.
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Police said Simpson allegedly had a computer circuit board and wiring in plain view over this black hooded sweat shirt she was wearing. The battery is still attached to the shirt on the right.
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The phrases "Socket to me" and "Course VI" were written on the back of the sweatshirt.
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The MIT student who caused a major scare at Logan Airport last September was sentenced to community service and pre-trial probation Monday.
Star Simpson, 20, of Lahaina, Hawaii, was arrested by state troopers while wearing a computer circuit board and wiring on her sweatshirt when she went to the airport to pick up her boyfriend September 21, 2007. She was initially charged with possessing a hoax device.
Prosecutors later dismissed that to a disorderly conduct charge.
At a hearing in East Boston District Court Monday, Simpson was placed on one year of supervised pre-trial probation, ordered to perform 50 hours of community service – at least half of which must be spent with veterans of the U. S. armed forces – and write a letter of apology.
If Simpson completes the probation, the charge will be dismissed.
When Simpson went to Logan, she wore a white circuit board on her chest over a black hooded sweatshirt. The battery-powered rectangular device had nine flashing lights, and Simpson had Play-Doh in her hands, police said.
Two phrases that looked hand-drawn -- "Socket to me" and "Course VI," which refers to a major at MIT -- were written on the back of her sweatshirt.
The terminal was not evacuated and flights were not affected. But authorities were amazed that someone would wear the device to the airport where two of the jets hijacked in the Sept. 11 attacks took off.
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