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Secret Service releases alleged stalker
By WILLIAM KAEMPFFER , Special to The Press 10/28/2003
NEW HAVEN -- Secret Service agents assigned to shadow the president’s daughter at Yale briefly detained a man with a gun, sources said Monday.
Law enforcement sources said the man was questioned late last week and later released without charges after authorities determined he had a permit to carry the weapon.
Beyond that, details about the incident are scarce, although sources said the situation initially created a great deal of alarm for the agents.
Barbara Bush, 21, daughter of President Bush, is a senior at Yale University. A contingent of Secret Service agents is assigned to protect her.
According to law enforcement sources, the episode happened downtown late last week, possibly in the area of Chapel and Park streets.
Bush was walking down the street, with the Secret Service escorts nearby, when agents noticed a man watching the president’s daughter, the sources said.
At some point, feeling the man had shown an unusual amount of interest in Bush, agents confronted and frisked him, discovering he was carrying a gun.
When he consented to let them search his car, agents grew even more alarmed, allegedly finding a cache of ammunition and other items in the trunk.
After being questioned, he was released and there were more questions Monday than answers.
Authorities had said the man was cooperative with them, but it was not clear if he provided an explanation for the items in his trunk or his apparent interest in the president’s daughter.
Sean Gallagher, the resident agent in charge of the Secret Service in New Haven, said he had no comment about the incident and noted that no arrests had been made.
A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Haven said he couldn’t "confirm or deny" that the episode even happened.
Yale spokeswoman Thomas Conroy said he had no information about the incident.
Since Bush arrived in 2000, the university has taken great pains to protect her privacy. Bush, by most accounts, has led an active collegiate life, frequently visiting the city’s nightclubs on Crown Street and other nightspots.
William Kaempffer can be reached at [email protected], or 789-5727.
Secret Service releases alleged stalker
By WILLIAM KAEMPFFER , Special to The Press 10/28/2003
NEW HAVEN -- Secret Service agents assigned to shadow the president’s daughter at Yale briefly detained a man with a gun, sources said Monday.
Law enforcement sources said the man was questioned late last week and later released without charges after authorities determined he had a permit to carry the weapon.
Beyond that, details about the incident are scarce, although sources said the situation initially created a great deal of alarm for the agents.
Barbara Bush, 21, daughter of President Bush, is a senior at Yale University. A contingent of Secret Service agents is assigned to protect her.
According to law enforcement sources, the episode happened downtown late last week, possibly in the area of Chapel and Park streets.
Bush was walking down the street, with the Secret Service escorts nearby, when agents noticed a man watching the president’s daughter, the sources said.
At some point, feeling the man had shown an unusual amount of interest in Bush, agents confronted and frisked him, discovering he was carrying a gun.
When he consented to let them search his car, agents grew even more alarmed, allegedly finding a cache of ammunition and other items in the trunk.
After being questioned, he was released and there were more questions Monday than answers.
Authorities had said the man was cooperative with them, but it was not clear if he provided an explanation for the items in his trunk or his apparent interest in the president’s daughter.
Sean Gallagher, the resident agent in charge of the Secret Service in New Haven, said he had no comment about the incident and noted that no arrests had been made.
A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Haven said he couldn’t "confirm or deny" that the episode even happened.
Yale spokeswoman Thomas Conroy said he had no information about the incident.
Since Bush arrived in 2000, the university has taken great pains to protect her privacy. Bush, by most accounts, has led an active collegiate life, frequently visiting the city’s nightclubs on Crown Street and other nightspots.
William Kaempffer can be reached at [email protected], or 789-5727.
