Petersen's Trailer Gets The Yellow Tape Treatment

Reel life and real life collided in a bizarre incident on Monday when a police manhunt led them to a trailer belonging to William Petersen (Gil Grissom).

Petersen, who was in Las Vegas filming location scenes for CSI: Crime Scene Invesigation's fourth-season premiere, was not in the trailer when it was cordoned it off with the distinctive yellow crime scene tape, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.

Police were searching for a kidnapping suspect who was reported to be hiding out in a trailer in the area of Green Valley Ranch, one of the locations for the CSI episode. Believing Petersen's trailer to be the one they were looking for, they quarantined it for an hour before discovering it belonged to the actor.

Petersen was filming scenes at a casino when the real-life drama thrust his mobile home into the spotlight. CSI locations manager Kim Houser-Amaral said the cast and crew couldn't believe it when his trailer was cordoned off. "People thought, 'What did he do last night?'" she said.

No one was more shocked than Petersen himself, who was told about the mix-up the following day. "He was just amazed," Houser-Amaral said.

The original article can be found at the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Thanks to the William Petersen Appreciation Page for this!

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