Internet sites reveal more about Ohio man arrested at Asheville airport

[Democat]

Source: Asheville Citizen-Times

An Ohio man arrested Sunday at Asheville Regional Airport with a gun and police scanners around the time President Barack Obama flew out on Air Force One wrote on one Web site that he planned to become a police officer.

A variety of social networking and personal Web sites also show that Joseph Sean McVey is a HAM radio enthusiast.

...In 2007, McVey posted a blog on his Myspace profile that said he got a job working “as IntelliTarget Marketing. (Verifying addresses on magazine subscriptions and, soon, political ‘advertising’ for the One Million Republicans, a new Republican group postered by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay).”



Read more: http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20100426/NEWS01/100426001

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This guy is linked to none other than Tom DeLay! Imagine if this was a Democrat linked to Bill Clinton, it would be the top news story on every right wing news organization in the country. Where are all the talking heads screaming about this guy's links to the Republican party and Tom Delay?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. "... Web sites also show that Joseph Sean McVey is a HAM radio enthusiast."

Uh-oh. I guess I'd better not give my callsign. He owns police scanners, too. Now I'm really in trouble.

[LiberalArkie]

2. I guess I should not either.. But just an enthusiast, not an operator.. Just another wannbe

[LiberalArkie]

3. Correction.. He does have a license

From QRZ

I was born in 1987, and I go by my middle name, Sean. I operate on 75-, 40-, 20-, 10-, 2-meters, and 70-centimeters from my mobile station in and around Coshocton county, Ohio. I became licensed on March 26, 2008, originally as KD8IEX, and immediately requested a vanity call containing my initials, JSM. I upgraded to General in March of 2009.

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My station consists of:

-HF/VHF/UHF: Yaesu® FT-857D for 75-, 40-, 20-, 10-, 2-meters, and 70-centimeters, pushing about 100 watts on HF, 50 watts on VHF, and 20 watts on UHF.

-I use Lakeview Company Ham Sticks®, trunk mounted, vertically polarized antennas with quick disconnects for 75-, 40-, and 20-meters.

-Base-loaded Wilson® 1000, trunk mounted, vertically polarized antenna for 10-meters.

-Base-loaded Laird® C144/440C, trunk mounted, vertically polarized antenna for 2-meters and 70-centimeters.

-VHF/UHF: Yaesu® FT-7800R for 2-meters and 70-centimeters, pushing about 50 watts on VHF and 40 watts on UHF, using a base-loaded Laird® C144/440C, trunk mounted, vertically polarized antenna.

-Scanning: Uniden® BC350C scanner with an Antenex® ASCANC tri-band antenna mounted in the same fashion. Additionally, for scanning, I use a Radio Shack® Pro-96 handheld digital trunking scanner.

[Javaman]

4. See his mug shot?

harry potter packing heat.

[zbdent]

6. and the article mentioned that he was having "girl troubles" according

to some of his posts ...

central/southeast Ohio, they don't tolerate gays much there ... maybe he's having issues where he is unsure of his sexuality. My point here is, maybe if he was allowed to admit to himself what he tries to deny, then he might be better adjusted, and might not be in as much trouble.

But this is in absence of more details.

[Bette Noir]

10. "Womanless loser" doesn't equal gay.

You've never met a nerd who couldn't get a date?

[snooper2]

12. "maybe he's having issues where he is unsure of his sexuality"

Um, no, maybe he is just a twerp who nobody wants to be around...

What, 23 years old, ham radio operator, wanna-be police car cruising around. I can see the chicks just falling for him left and right :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Javaman]

18. "Hey baby, want to listen to international conversations via bounce waves?"

somehow that pickup line just doesn't work.

:rofl:

[aka-chmeee]

19. It might on a YL.......

We Hams are a wild and crazy bunch!

[Scairp]

27. 23?!!

He looks about 15 in his mug shot.

[Jamastiene]

13. I didn't see any reference to homosexuality anywhere in that article.

Why would you assume he is gay?

[myrna minx]

14. What the hell? Wild speculation contained above.

What on earth makes you believe he's gay? Every troubled person isn't a closeted gay, if that's what you mean.

[fishwax]

28. how in the world did you leap to that conclusion?

"they don't tolerate gays much there ... maybe he's having issues where he is unsure of his sexuality"

:shrug:

[sadbear]

5. McVey, huh?

Spelled differently, but pronounced the same?

[thecrow]

23. Yeah, that got me too

Oy vey!

[madrchsod]

7. he`s just one of those guys who will never quite grow-up.

[AlbertCat]

20. he`s just one of those guys who will never quite grow-up.

Well, that can be difficult in a country that thinks "guns, guts and god" are in charge. I guess he's discovering now life actually isn't an episode of "Southland".

[samplegirl]

8. I would think this should be front page

in my Ohio newspaper but............it's Rightwing owned so maybe I should go post it.

[One_Life_To_Give]

9. Reading the linked story, doesn't sound like an assasin

Fancies himself a Storm-Chaser and fan of Ashville. With no links reported to RW sites etc. And tweeting about tornado alerts in the hours leading up to this. :shrug:

[Bette Noir]

11. If he's not a potential assassin, he'd better learn not to try to meet the President

while heavily armed.

[mwb970]

15. If it weren't for the gun part we'd never have heard about him.

Do we know why he had the gun? It doesn't seem to fit with the other info we have about ham radio and such. Or was it part of his policeman shtick?

[One_Life_To_Give]

16. Define Heavily Armed

Personally I think trying to get near the President with a T-72 Tank would be rather difficult. A Bushmaster in the back of a SUV like the DC sniper or a .22 revolver like Hinckley used much more probable. This gentleman reportedly had some type of handgun? Probably what is currently carried in thousands of tractor-trailer rigs.

He may not be the brightest bulb in the lot. But this sounds far more like somebody doing something stupid. On a normal day nobody would have thought about someone parking at the airport with a handgun in the car. It's not supposed to happen but it does. Most however realize that security will be a whole lot tighter around POTUS and wisely keep more distance.

[AlbertCat]

21. But this sounds far more like somebody doing something stupid.

Good thing he's packin' then....isn't it?

On a normal day nobody would have thought about someone parking at the airport with a handgun in the car.

That's just great, isn't it?

Guns for everyone!!! It's a kitchen appliance in a holster!!!

[DavidDvorkin]

17. What a creepy name coincidence!

[louis-t]

22. His name is McVey?

Jeez.

[Mopar151]

24. Police Buffs

aka Wannabes.Gotta tell ya - they creep me out. Google up "police buffs", you'll find a lot of stories about guys who love to tool around with lights/sirens on their cars, dress like cops, talk like cops. It seems to be one of the indicators for serial murderers, and possibly to child molestation.

[mitchum]

25. "My name is Henry Krinkle. K-R-I-N-K-L-E. 154 Hopper Avenue"

[MUAD_DIB]

26. McVey...?