Tag: passenger

  • Woman Who Pepper Sprayed A Muslim Uber Driver For No Reason Charged With Hate Crime

    Woman Who Pepper Sprayed A Muslim Uber Driver For No Reason Charged With Hate Crime

    A young woman was indicted for a hate crime after she pepper-sprayed a Muslim Uber driver in Manhattan during the summer, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said, per NY Post

    Jennifer Guilbeault, 23, was charged in New York State Supreme Court with two counts of assault as a hate crime and aggravated harassment for the unprovoked attack, which happened without on July 31. The incident took place near Lexington Avenue and East 66th Street, as stated by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg. 

    The driver, Shohel Mahmud, later said that Guilbeault attacked him because of his skin color.

    “Her friend, she is yelling, ‘Jen, Jen, what the f–k, what are you doing? What’s going on?’”

    Mahmud told The Post days after the attack.

    “Her friend is asking ‘Why did you do that?’ And she say, ‘He’s brown.’” 

    Guilbeault was sitting in the backseat with another woman around 12:15 a.m. when she suddenly sprayed the harmful substance in the 45-year-old driver’s eyes, as shown in videos shared on social media. The driver, Mahmud, said he hadn’t talked to the women when he picked them up in Midtown. Bragg mentioned that Guilbeault attacked the driver when he started praying in Arabic as they approached a red light. 

    At the time Mahmud believed the women were trying to rob him and jumped out of the car. When the car started moving slowly without him, he got back inside, and Guilbeault sprayed him again. Police arrested Guilbeault at the scene but initially only gave her a ticket. Her lawyer argued that the incident shouldn’t be considered a hate crime.

    “Ms. Guilbeault was not motivated by race, religion, national origin, or any other discriminatory factor,”

    Michael J. Alber said in a statement. Her next court date is scheduled for January 13.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • American Airlines Flight Forced To Make An Emergency Landing In New York After Passenger Urinates and Exposes Himself On The Plane

    American Airlines Flight Forced To Make An Emergency Landing In New York After Passenger Urinates and Exposes Himself On The Plane

    A drunk passenger on an American Airlines flight caused the plane to make an unexpected landing in Buffalo. The passenger was arrested and escorted off the plane after he was caught exposing himself and urinating in the aisle, per the NY Post.

    According to federal prosecutors, Neil McCarthy, a 25-year-old from Oregon, confessed to the police that he was masturbating, or what he called “flicking the bean, onboard the flight. He claimed it was due to a medical issue with urination.

    McCarthy told police that he had been drinking a lot of alcohol during his journey. According to the criminal complaint filed in Buffalo federal court, he admitted to having multiple

    “Jack and cokes”

    before boarding his initial flight in Portland. During the layover in Chicago, McCarthy allegedly continued to drink several more whiskey and cola beverages before boarding the next flight to Manchester, New Hampshire.

    Federal prosecutors stated that an American Airlines flight attendant witnessed McCarthy exposing himself and urinating on the flight. Additionally, a passenger managed to capture a photo of him in the act. As a result, the plane was redirected to the Buffalo Niagara International Airport, where McCarthy was arrested at Gate 2.

    McCarthy faced charges of indecent exposure, which has a maximum penalty of six months in jail. He was released following a hearing in Buffalo federal court on Wednesday.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Woman Kicked Off Airplane In Moscow After Allegedly Engaging In Non-consensual Oral Sex With Male Passenger Who Sat Next To Her

    Woman Kicked Off Airplane In Moscow After Allegedly Engaging In Non-consensual Oral Sex With Male Passenger Who Sat Next To Her

    A woman has been arrested in Moscow for reportedly engaging in a sexual act with a male passenger during a flight from Antalya. The incident occurred on a Pobeda Airlines flight lasting five hours, with children also on board, reports the Daily Mail

    Witnesses stated that the man initially tried to resist and push the woman away. When the police arrived at Vnukovo airport in Moscow, passengers and crew members applauded and cheered as the woman, identified as Valeria, 29, was taken into custody.

    “On a flight from Antalya to Moscow, a female passenger went on a rampage and [orally] raped her [male] neighbor,”

    reported major Russian news outlet Gazeta.ru. 

    “She pulled down his trousers and committed violent acts of a sexual nature.

    Later the neighbour stopped resisting.

    All this happened in front of the flight attendants and other passengers.

    Shot media reported, Surprisingly, the flight attendants waited until the end of the action and only then moved Valeria further away.

    The woman fought back and did not want to leave her newly-made companion.” 

    Another male passenger was assigned to guard the woman for the remainder of the flight after the incident. According to reports, she was intoxicated when she boarded the flight in Turkey. Witnesses claimed that during the flight, she scratched the flight crew and smoked an e-cigarette despite repeated requests to stop. In an interview with BAZA media, she expressed no remorse for her actions on the plane, stating that she

    “had a good time”

    and didn’t regret anything. 

    She mentioned being fined 500 roubles ($5.68) for her behavior. Witnesses reported that she demanded hot water and then poured it onto the floor. Upon landing at Vnukovo airport, she allegedly attempted to bribe the flight crew with a one hundred dollar bill to keep quiet. 

    A stewardess threw out the banknote, leading the woman to empty the trash onto the plane’s floor and regain the money. As a police officer escorted her away, applause erupted from the passengers. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?