Visit with receptionist gets New York man 135 years in prison.

New York, NY; A New York man will be spending the rest of his life behind bars for disrupting the business environment after he was arrested by the FBI while visiting a front-desk receptionist at a hotel in southern Manhattan.

The man was arrested in late February while he was, according to witnesses, casually visiting the front-desk receptionist at the hotel whom he said he "hadn't seen in over a year" and whom he claimed used to work at a popular tavern in Brooklyn. According to audio and video surveillance copied by the FBI, the man was in the lobby for approximately 9 minutes, mostly hanging out with and socializing with the receptionist, until a platoon of FBI and Homeland Security officers, along with a NYPD SWAT team, stormed in, slamming the man to the floor and arresting him for disrupting the business environment.

At the Federal courthouse in Washington, DC, the man stated; "She used to work at my favorite tavern in Brooklyn. I haven't seen her in over a year. And she told me that I could go visit her." To which the judge reportedly replied; "It is a felony under Federal law in the United States of America to visit someone at their job unless it is at a bar, restaurant, or nightclub. We don't know what country you think you're from that lets people casually visit a receptionist who is clearly on the job, but in the United States of America, it absolutely does not fly. The truth is, you can not visit a person at work in this country unless it's at a bar, a restaurant, or a nightclub."

The man was convicted Thursday, September 23rd of disrupting the business environment and sentenced to one hundred thirty five (135) years to life in prison. He is scheduled to begin serving his sentence Friday, October 2nd at the U.S. Penitentiary near Marion, Il and will be eligible for parole on December 15th, 2155.