HONOLULU, Hawaii (Reuters) -- A young woman who wanted to leave a cruise ship to return to her boyfriend in California spent Monday night in a federal detention center here, charged with threatening to kill everyone aboard the ship to cut the cruise short, authorities said.
Kelley Marie Ferguson, 20, made an initial appearance in federal court Monday to hear the charges, according to Edward Kubo Jr., U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaii. A detention hearing is scheduled for May 1.
Ferguson of Laguna Hills in Orange County, who was traveling with family members on Royal Caribbean's "Legend of the Seas," was charged with two counts of threatening acts of terrorism, Kubo said. Each count carries a maximum prison term of 10 years.
The cruise ship was on a 10-day trip out of Ensenada, Mexico, when crew members found two handwritten notes on April 22 and 23, according to the charges. Both notes stated that if the ship docked in a U.S. port, the nearly 2,400 passengers and crew would all die.
After the second note was found, authorities diverted the ship to Oahu waters and a 120-member task force of federal, state and military personnel searched the ship and interviewed people on board.
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Kelley Marie Ferguson, 20, made an initial appearance in federal court Monday to hear the charges, according to Edward Kubo Jr., U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaii. A detention hearing is scheduled for May 1.
Ferguson of Laguna Hills in Orange County, who was traveling with family members on Royal Caribbean's "Legend of the Seas," was charged with two counts of threatening acts of terrorism, Kubo said. Each count carries a maximum prison term of 10 years.
The cruise ship was on a 10-day trip out of Ensenada, Mexico, when crew members found two handwritten notes on April 22 and 23, according to the charges. Both notes stated that if the ship docked in a U.S. port, the nearly 2,400 passengers and crew would all die.
After the second note was found, authorities diverted the ship to Oahu waters and a 120-member task force of federal, state and military personnel searched the ship and interviewed people on board.
Read Full Story here:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/04/29/crime.cruise.reut/index.html
