Little Misunderstanding - Part VI

As it turned out the mystery man was our dear Senator. He had obviously duped us (and others) to think that he was heading off to work that morning. Instead he had circled back, reclaimed his friend (the starlet) and made a hasty retreat once our attention was turned elsewhere.

The question that was running through my mind was if there was any connection with the events that took place that day at the state legislature building and the supposed “robbery” that took place in the lobby of the hotel.

The two events combined to make a compelling distraction if that was truly their intent. Not being trained as barrister and having little knowledge in the trade of legal professionals, I was unsure whether such actions would constitute any type of criminal infraction.

The pace of the activities at the legislature building was calming down some. It seemed somewhat miraculously that there were no casualties and only some minor injuries due to the shootings. I decided to consult with some of the legal folks back at the station and offered up my theories as to the potential correlation of these events and the theorized purpose. I wanted to know if there was any kind of revelation what kinds of potential charges might be involved if the Senator was behind any of the diversionary tactics that took place.

The young female paralegal told me that there was definitely a potential for serious felony charges if the Senator was behind any effort involving firearms at a public gathering or the staging of a robbery to involve the reaction of public servants (police, fire, EMT, etc…)

Armed with this assessment, I asked our editor if I could be allowed to head down to Washington to do a remote outside of the Senator’s home or perhaps his office at the capital. I also asked them to alert me if there were any more proclamations involving the commissions’ findings regarding inappropriate behavior on behalf of this same Senator.

My editor wasn’t too pleased about having to foot the bill for travel down to the Washington but he agreed (after some coaxing) that I might have a closer, unique perspective to cover this potential story than the sister channels in the beltway.

I contacted my favorite camera guy and brought one other crew member to help with the gear transport and we were on the train within the hour heading south to the nation’s Capital. Thanks to our modern smartphone technology, I was able to keep in contact with the major news outlets as we were traveling to Washington that evening. It was revealed in that time frame that the Senator was currently unavailable for comment (surprise, surprise) and that his wife was not speaking to the press despite several attempts to reach her for comment.

The entertainment news coverage was sketchy as well. The starlet’s manager stated only that she was still preparing for upcoming role in a feature length move that was planned for shooting in the spring over in France. He admitted that she was in New York this past weekend but didn’t divulge any details as to where/who/what she was involved with while in town.

The starlet’s career was seeing somewhat of a revival in getting press coverage. She might be the only person involved in this mess that might actually be benefiting from the occurrences of the last twenty-four hours.