FEMA Camp’ woman arrested outside military base sues city,county for false arrest & illegal seizure
‘FEMA Camp’ woman arrested outside military base sues city,county for false arrest & illegal seizure
The woman concerned about “FEMA Camps” who was arrested outside a military base in July 2009 and reportedly held for a “psych exam” was released on bail a few days later. Nancy Genovese of Quogue was arrested in the summer of 2009 outside an Air National Guard base at Gabreski Airport in Westhampton. [See my initial report at PrisonPlanet.com, "Armed Woman Reportedly Concerned About FEMA CAMPS Arrested In N.Y., Sent For Psych Exam"]. Genovese, who is described by conflicting media reports as both age 49 and 53 at the time of her arrest, was interviewed at her home after being bailed out of jail and had initially said the arrest was a misunderstanding.
At the time of her arrest, local news 27east.com reported that Genovese “had an XM-15 assault rifle and a shotgun—both registered and unloaded—in her car, and an estimated 500 rounds of ammunition in her trunk.” Ms. Genovese, who said “a chill went down her spine” when asked if she had any ties to Al Qaeda, faced a possible three months in jail if convicted.
The Suffolk County District Attorney’s office eventually dropped the third-degree criminal trespassing charges in November 2009 but a spokesman defended the arrest, saying “The Sheriff’s Department did what they thought they had to do to protect public safety.”
Genovese has filed two lawsuits, against Southampton Town and Suffolk County New York seeking unspecified compensation and punitive damages. She says Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department called her a “right-wing extremist”, questioned her for eight hours without a attorney, and didn’t tell her she was under arrest until 2 a.m. July 31st. She also alleges an off-duty Southampton Town Police officer initially approached her outside the Air Force Base, took her camera, searched her car without a warrant and seized her two guns unlawfully. 27East.com reports that according to Genovese, FBI and Homeland Security officers questioned her for six hours on the roadside before she was taken to the Sheriff’s station at midnight. Genovese, a mother of three who said she took the photos for a website she planned to make supporting the troops, was quoted as saying “They made the biggest scene you could ever imagine…I can’t believe this was done…They destroyed my name in one night, everything I worked hard for.”
Genovese is reportedly a Glenn Beck fan. Beck, four days after her arrest, ran a segment in which he implored Americans not to become violent and said only a crazy person would progress to using a gun, adding “just one lunatic, like Timothy McVeigh, could ruin everything that everyone has worked so hard for, because these people in Washington won’t pass up the use of an emergency.
Genovese’s myspace page, which lists her as “Female 101 years old East Coast U S A United States” indicates her Last Login was on 3/5/2010. An NGenovese also has a twitter account with 120 followers. The account notes “This person has protected their tweets…You need to send a request before you can start following this person”.
Suffolk County Court records online do not currently show any court minutes with Nancy Genovese listed.
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