That flight attendant who fled LAX and was caught in New York was a runner-up

[malaise]

in Miss Jamaica World.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3507041/Flight-attendant-ditched-heels-fled-LAX-security-nabbed.html
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Transportation Security Administration officials asked Reynolds to step aside for a random security screening Friday, authorities said.

Reynolds went to a secondary screening area but quickly dropped her bag, ditched a pair of Gucci heels and fled barefoot downward on an upward-moving escalator, Marshall McClain, president of the union representing LAX airport police officers, said Monday.

Reynolds was charged with cocaine possession with intent to distribute. It was unclear if she yet had an attorney.

Mrozek said prosecutors believe reports that Reynolds was a runner-up in Miss Jamaica World 2008.

New York University lists a Marsha-Gay Reynolds as having been on the school's 2004 women's track and field team, though it wasn't immediately clear if that was the same Reynolds arrested Wednesday.
Heavy duty: The cocaine weighed just over 68 pounds. Wholesale, the drugs would be worth about $750,000 in Los Angeles and around $3 million on the streets

Heavy duty: The cocaine weighed just over 68 pounds. Wholesale, the drugs would be worth about $750,000 in Los Angeles and around $3 million on the streets
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What a fugging idiot! Enjoy prison - must be linked to the drug dons

[Orrex]

1. I wonder if this will be included in the talent portion of the competition.

[malaise]

2. She may have been on a track team

at NYU as well - no wonder she ran away. People are really dumb - all for money

[Orrex]

4. They'll probably get her for violating no-shoes-no-service, too

And so the charges pile up.

[malaise]

11. Hahahahahha - designer shoes

She should learn about profiling while she rests in prison for 10-15 (if she doesn't give up her links)

[safeinOhio]

3. She could have doubled that profit margin

as a CEO for big Pharma and only been looking at a small fine.

[Ghost in the Machine]

5. Probably not living the lifestyle she was used to and flight attendant pay wasn't cutting it for her

It's happened to other "once famous" people before.

Look at Mercury Morris from the Miami Dolphins... retired, forgetten about.. busted for cocaine distribution in Miami in the 80's.... could have been early 90's, not awake enough to look it up right now...

When I was a loading dock foreman for a produce company in Homestead, Fla, I had a guy working as a "stacker", hand-stacking crates off of pallets onto the floors of tractor trailers from floor to roof, nose to tail, to fit more in. Before that, he had been a Golden Gloves Boxer, with a few title belt wins to his name.... before he got hooked on crack and ruined his career....

Peace,

Ghost

[malaise]

7. What lifestyle was she used to before or after migrating to the US?

Three million dollars????

She's just another greedy idiot for whom I have no sympathy

[Ghost in the Machine]

18. I don't know, personally, but would guess a lot of perks from sponsors, perks from people

trying to get her to model or do photo-shoots, instant face/name recognition, etc...

I have a friend who is a very successful model. She started in Miami as a teenager as a "Coppertone Girl", has been a "Hawaiian Tropical Girl", is a successful women's surfer, been in surfing magazines, been in all kinds of runway shoots for clothing and bathing suit lines all over the world and more. Right now, at 43, she just came off of a job with a group set up for Bike Week in Daytona, where she made about $40 grand, took 4 days off, then has been on 2 photo-shoots, a fashion show, is currently being paid by an alcohol distributor to be on cruise partying and promoting drinks, then taking a little more time off before she goes to Sturgis Bike Week, where she'll make double or triple what she did in Daytona...

Peace,

Ghost

[ProfessorGAC]

6. I Think That Heavy Duty Math Is Suspect

The wholesale number, i won't dispute. But, since we all know the dealers cut before street distribution, the $3 million assumes uncut at $100 per gram. My guess is that the street value would be at least 50% higher, and maybe double.

[malaise]

8. So how greedy and careless is this woman

Off to prison for this idiot.

[ProfessorGAC]

9. No Disagreement Is Possible

I'm disputing the cops assessment of value on the street. I'm never going to dispute her lack of good judgment.

[malaise]

10. I'm totally ignorant on that subject

I learn from you experts

[ProfessorGAC]

15. I Thought We Were Friends

And, now you hurt my feelings!

[malaise]

16. LOL

I was paying you a compliment

[ProfessorGAC]

17. Oh, So Now I'm Stupid Too?

Sorry, malaise, i couldn't resist going too far!

[malaise]

35. LOL

[Iggo]

33. Coke's still a hundred bucks a gram?

My memory ain't what I think it used to be, but wasn't that what it cost back in the 80s?

[ProfessorGAC]

34. I Guess

I don't know anybody that does it anymore. Everyone is too old and is worrying about stroke or heart attack. But, their math suggests $100. Inflation might not have the same impact since it never really cost that much anyway. So, if the margins go from 300% to 200%, it beats making change.

[ScreamingMeemie]

12. How irresponsible of the reporting...

"New York University lists a Marsha-Gay Reynolds as having been on the school's 2004 women's track and field team, though it wasn't immediately clear if that was the same Reynolds arrested Wednesday."

If it's not clear, don't freaking print it.

[malaise]

13. I disagree

She lived in New York at that time and her age suggests that it could be her

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. I don't really care if people disagree or not. But this reporting before knowing

is getting out of hand. Everyone wants to get the jump. Even here on DU. It's crap.

[malaise]

19. They were correct

She was a track and field athlete - it was just on local news here in Jamaica

[pinboy3niner]

22. If she were really an athlete she would have remembered to bring her running Guccis

[malaise]

24. If she were any good she wouldn't have been a drug courier

[pinboy3niner]

25. That's why she'll only make runner-up in the cartels' Drug Runner Hall of Infamy

[malaise]

28. She could still cop the prize for

dumbest drug runner - 70lbs and Gucci's!

[pinboy3niner]

30. Could have been worse

She could have been wearing "Johnny Choos."

HBO's Game Change Introduces Us To Sarah Palin's "Johnny Choos" & Love Of Consignment Shopping
http://www.glamour.com/fashion/blogs/dressed/2012/03/hbos-game-change-introduces-us

[malaise]

31. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

You're too good - can't top that.

[malaise]

32. She has US citizenship but was born in Jamaica

At that time her mother was a nurse and her father a cop.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/beauty-queen-charged-coke-smuggling-good-girl-n544911
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They said her unnamed co-conspirator has ties to Jamaica and was trying to flee the United States as recently as Wednesday night, possibly with forged travel documents.

Defense lawyers noted that Reynolds — a U.S. citizen born in Jamaica to a nurse and a police officer — surrendered on Wednesday and said she posed no public danger.

The judge approved a $500,000 bail package secured by her mother's and pastor's homes, but her release was put on hold for at least a day to give prosecutors in California a chance to appeal.

If she is freed, Reynolds will be confined to her home in Queens except for nursing-school classes, meetings with her lawyers and court appearances in California.

Prosecutors revealed that JetBlue has suspended her pending the outcome of the case.

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If she was a good girl who got duped , why did she run??

[randome]

20. And now she's a runner-up for a Darwin Award, too.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]All things in moderation, including moderation.[/center][/font][hr]

[malaise]

21. Nah shs's still alive

If she had fallen down the escalator and broken her neck after dropping her Gucci's while running the wrong way, she would have been the leading candidate for the year.

How stupid is she - 70lbsof cocaine?

[randome]

27. That's what I meant by 'runner-up'. The 'winner' loses his/her life.

The runner-up doesn't cross that 'finish line'. But she's as seriously stupid as someone who would be a DA winner.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]All things in moderation, including moderation.[/center][/font][hr]

[malaise]

29. Got Yah

[Blue_Tires]

23. Sadly we don't have a

"I'm too beautiful to go to prison" -exemption...

[malaise]

26. Beauty?

Where?

[Blue_Tires]

36. I thought she looked all right...But that's just me...