NASA IG Sends Cops in Flack Vests After 74 Year Old, 4'11" Grandmother

NASA Moon Rock Sting Terrifies Grandmother, AP
“Soon after settling into a booth, [74-year-old suspect Joann] Davis said, she pulled out the moon sample and about half a dozen sheriff’s deputies and NASA investigators rushed into the eatery. When officers in flack vests took a hold of her, the 4-foot-11 woman said she was so scared she lost control of her bladder and was taken outside to a parking lot, where she was questioned and detained for about two hours. “They grabbed me and pulled me out of the booth,” Davis claimed. “I had very, very deep bruises on my left side.” Conley declined to comment and NASA Office of the Inspector General spokeswoman Renee Juhans said she could not talk about an ongoing investigation.”
NASA wants grandma’s moonrock, Politico
“Davis reportedly wrote to a NASA contractor in May in an attempt to sell the rock. “I’ve been searching the internet for months attempting to find a buyer,” she said in an email. “If you have any thoughts as to how I can proceed with the sale of these two items, please call.”
Granny: NASA scared me into returning moon rock, CNet
“Might it at least have been an idea for NASA to explain to her that this was not rightly hers, instead of mounting what appears to be a very expensive, heavy-handed, and slightly cheesy expedition?”
Has NASA gone loony? Moon rocks or bust, Opinion, LA Times
“But a 74-year-old Lake Elsinore woman emails a government agent asking about how she can sell her tiny bit of the moon to pay for her son’s medical care — never mind the question of what kind of country beggars people for getting sick — and NASA swoops in on her at a Denny’s like they’d found Osama bin Laden.”
Feds grab granny in moon rock sting (with video), CBS
“Davis recalled, “Someone is grabbing me from the back. Now they’re pulling me out of the booth and they have a hold of me pretty darn good, and the force was like, unnecessary … because I’m like 110 (pounds). I’m four-foot-eleven.” Davis claims the agents bruised her arm and tailbone during the incident, but the emotional wounds are far worse. “I felt humiliated,” Davis said. “I felt, this may not be proper to say, but I tell you, I felt raped. I really did.”
Keith’s Note: This is just utterly ridiculous – and no one at NASA seems to have the spine to respond? What possible threat could this elderly woman have presented that warranted this sort of response? Funny how all of a sudden no one will “comment on an ongoing investigation” – yet someone close to what the IG was up to was clearly talking to the media – in great detail. Shouldn’t the IG be going after these leakers too? If the individual(s) involved did what it is alleged they did then they deserve whatever punishment the legal system delivers. But treating an elderly woman like this is simply inexcusable.