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No pepper spray found in Puerto Rico pageant case
Reuters via Drudge Report ^
| Dec 1, 2007
| John Marino
Posted on 12/02/2007 3:34:26 PM PST by RDTF
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Police probing allegations that someone put pepper spray on a Puerto Rican beauty contestant's clothing said Saturday they would investigate whether anyone lied to them after tests found no traces of the substance on the woman's belongings.
Miss Puerto Rico Universe Ingrid Marie Rivera and pageant organizers claimed that someone had laced her makeup and doused her clothing with a chemical they believed to be pepper spray during the November 23 contest in an attempt to knock her out of the running.
The 24-year-old from the town of Dorado said she broke out in hives and swelling during the pageant and was forced to ice down her face and body backstage during the event.
On Friday, the Caribbean island's Forensic Sciences Institute said the brush and gown, delivered to police four days after the pageant, contained no traces of capsicum, pepper spray's active ingredient. They did not test for other chemicals.
"I guess she has a lot of explaining to do," police spokesman Stephen Alvarez said on Saturday.
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posted on
12/02/2007 3:34:28 PM PST
by
RDTF
To: RDTF
Ahhh, like Mrs. Clinton she plays the victim for her gain.
2
posted on
12/02/2007 3:38:21 PM PST
by
Joe Boucher
(An enemy of Islam)
To: Joe Boucher
Maybe. But they should check for other substances instead of going with the pepper spray thing, which didn’t make any sense anyway.
3
posted on
12/02/2007 3:40:43 PM PST
by
RDTF
("Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear". Mark Twain)
To: RDTF
“I guess she has a lot of explaining to do,” police spokesman Stephen Alvarez said on Saturday.
Since I’ve seen two interviews with her and she stated in both she had no idea if the irritant was pepper spray or not, I’m not sure why she would have explaining to do.
4
posted on
12/02/2007 3:42:22 PM PST
by
L98Fiero
(A fool who'll waste his life, God rest his guts.)
To: RDTF
....a lot of ‘esplainin’ to do, indeed.
heheh.
To: RDTF
While I know most pageant queens aren’t biochemists, shouldn’t her publicists have just claimed they were irritants rather than pepper spray?
But since this is “Breaking News” I thought I’d better ad my 2 cents.
6
posted on
12/02/2007 4:06:40 PM PST
by
poobear
(Pure democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what's for dinner. God save the Republic!)
To: poobear
It’s pepper spray! Quick - remove all of your garments!
7
posted on
12/02/2007 4:09:53 PM PST
by
Wally_Kalbacken
(Seldom right but never in doubt)
To: RDTF
I lover Ingrid and will help her find the way.
8
posted on
12/02/2007 4:10:35 PM PST
by
romanesq
To: RDTF
She should be thankful that Putin didn’t have a daughter in the pageant. /sarc
9
posted on
12/02/2007 4:11:11 PM PST
by
anymouse
To: poobear
Are you saying I should have posted it in Breaking News? Well darn.
10
posted on
12/02/2007 4:19:19 PM PST
by
RDTF
("Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear". Mark Twain)
To: RDTF
I haven’t thought about “Spanish Fly” for years.
11
posted on
12/02/2007 4:21:11 PM PST
by
Atlas Sneezed
("We do have tough gun laws in Massachusetts; I support them, I won't chip away at them" -Mitt Romney)
To: Beelzebubba
I need a picture to determine the victim’s status.
12
posted on
12/02/2007 4:55:24 PM PST
by
IGOTMINE
(1911s FOREVER!)
To: RDTF
They did not test for other chemicals. Then they have no room to say anything. There are a number of things that could have been used.
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posted on
12/02/2007 4:58:14 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(A good marriage is like a casserole, only those responsible for it really know what goes into it.)
To: cll
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posted on
12/02/2007 4:59:02 PM PST
by
Clemenza
(Rudy Giuliani, like Pesto and Seattle, belongs in the scrap heap of '90s Culture)
To: RDTF
Um, it’s a beauty contest. Who with a mind cares?
15
posted on
12/02/2007 4:59:46 PM PST
by
Xenalyte
(Can you count, suckas? I say the future is ours . . . if you can count.)
To: RDTF
Pepper spray persists on surfaces until it is removed. I know this from testing the stream from a can of it near teh side of a van. I touched the side of the van a couple of days later, then touched my nose and my eyes during the day as people often do. I maced myself.
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posted on
12/02/2007 5:01:13 PM PST
by
sig226
(New additions to the list of democrat criminals - see my profile)
To: Xenalyte
so you’re the only one with a mind on this thread?
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posted on
12/02/2007 5:09:22 PM PST
by
RDTF
("Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear". Mark Twain)
To: RDTF
I’m not sure how you gleaned that from what I posted.
I’m merely asking, as in my previous post, who with a mind cares?
If the shoe fits . . .
18
posted on
12/02/2007 5:12:12 PM PST
by
Xenalyte
(Can you count, suckas? I say the future is ours . . . if you can count.)
To: Xenalyte
The why did you even click on the thread?
Ah... if the shoe fits. I get it.
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posted on
12/02/2007 5:15:23 PM PST
by
RDTF
("Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear". Mark Twain)
To: RDTF
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posted on
12/02/2007 5:15:36 PM PST
by
RDTF
("Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear". Mark Twain)
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