Entered By: Jacalyn Hudlemoyer, On 6/12/2007 12:42:46 PM

Edited By: Dave Karsnia, On 6/26/2007 8:58:07 AM

Title: Lewd Conduct

07002008

On 6/11/07, at about 1200 hours, I was working a plain-clothes detail involving lewd conduct in the main men’s public restroom of the Norhtstar Crossing in the Lindbergh Terminal. The Airport Police Department has received civilian complaints and has made numerous arrests regarding sexual activity in the public restroom.

I entered the men’s restroom and proceeded to an unoccupied stall in the back of the restroom. Other people were in the restroom for their intended purposes. Some, but not all of the bathroom stalls were occupied. While seated in the stall, I was the third stall from the wall which was to my left (East). From my seated position, I could observe the shoes and ankles of person seated to the right of me. An unidentified person entered the stall to the left of me. From my seated position, I was able to see his shoes and ankles.

At 1213 hours, I could see an older white male with grey hair standing outside my stall. Hew was standing about three feet away and had a roller bag with him. The male was later identified by (REDACTED) driver’s license as Larry Edwin Craig (REDACTED). I could see Craig look through the crack in the door from his position. Craig would look down at his hands, ‘fidget’ with his fingers, and then look through the crack into my stall again. Craig would repeat this cycle for about two minutes. I was able to see Craig’s blue eyes as he looked into my stall.

At 1215 hours, the male in the stall to the left of me flushed the toilet and exited the stall. Craig entered the stall and placed his roller bag against the front of the stall door. My experience has show that individuals engaging in lewd conduct use their bags to block the view from the front of their stall. From my seated position, I could observe the shoes and ankles of Craig seated to the left of me. He was wearing dress pants with black dress shoes. At 1218 hours, Craig tapped his right foot. I recognized this as a signal used by persons wishing to engage in lewd conduct. Craig rapped his toes several times and moved his foot closer to my foot. I moved my foot up and down slowly. While this was occurring, the male in the stall to my right was still present. I could hear several unknown persons in the restroom that appeared to use the restroom for its intended use. The presence of others did not seem to deter Craig as he moved his right foot so that it touched the side of my left foot which was within my stall area.

At 1217 hours, I saw Craig swipe his hand under the stall divider for a few seconds. The swipe went in the direction from the front (door side) of the stall back towards the back wall. His palm was facing towards the ceiling as he guided It all the stall divider. (sic) I was only able to see the tips of his fingers on my side of the stall divider. Craig swiped his hand again for a few seconds in the same motion to where I could see more of his fingers. Craig then swiped his hand in the same motion a third time for a few seconds. I could see that it was Craig’s left hand due to the position of his thumb. I could see Craig had a gold ring on his ringer finger as his hand was on my side of the stall divider.

At about 1219, I held my Police Identification in my right hand down by the color so that Craig could see it. With my left hand near the floor, I pointed towards the exit. Craig responded, “No!” I again pointed toward the exit. Craig exited the stall with his roller bags without flushing the toilet. Without causes a disturbance, I discretely motioned for Craig to exit the restroom. I noticed that not all the stalls were occupied. Craig demanded to see my credentials. I again showed Craig my credentials. Craig kept asking what was going to happen. I told Craig that we would speak in private. Craig said that he would not go. I told Craig that he was under arrest, he had to go, and that I didn’t want to make a scene. Craig then left the restroom.

Once outside the restroom, Craig stopped near the entrance and was hesitant to comply. I told Craig that we would speak in a private area without embarrassing him or causing a disturbance. Craig was still hesitant to follow me at first, but then complied. He followed me towards to Police Operations Center (POC)> Detective Nelson was seated outside of the restroom and followed us. Dispatch was notified that we had one in custody at 1222 hours.

When we got to the POC, we asked Craig to leave his bags outside of the interview room. This is standard procedure for safety reasons. I asked him for his driver’s license. Craig left his roller bag outside the interview room, but brought his two-strapped carry bag in with him. I again stated that he had to leave the bag outside. Craig stated that his identification was in the bag. Craig handed me a business card that identified himself as a United States Senator, as he stated, “What do you think about that?” I responded by setting his business card down on the table and again asking him for his driver’s license.

Craig provided by his Idaho driver’s license. In a recorded post-Miranda interview, Craig stated the following:

- He is a commuter

- He went into the bathroom

- He was standing outside of the stalls for 1-2 minutes waiting for the stall.

- He has a wide stance when going to the bathroom and that his foot may have touched mine

- He reached down with his right hand to pick up a piece of paper that was on the floor

- He is unable to take his gold wedding ring off of his left ring finger

It should be noted that there was not a piece of paper on the bathroom floor, nor did Craig pick up a piece of paper. During the interview, Craig either disagreed with more or “didn’t recall” the events as they happened.

Craig was worried about missing his flight. Detective Nelson tried to call the airline to hold the plane. The airline did not answer the phone. Craig’s Criminal History was clear. Craig was explained the process for formal complaints. Craig was photographed, fingerprinted, and released pending formal complaint for Interference with Privacy (MSS 609.746) and Disorderly Conduct (609.72) at 1305 hours.

Sgt. Karsnia #4211

Airport Police Department