- A Frontier passenger was taped to his seat final 12 months after he assaulted flight attendants.
- Max Berry pleaded responsible to a few counts of assault, and was on Tuesday issued a effective and sentenced to 60 days in jail.
- Police final 12 months mentioned he shouted obscenities and took his shirt off at one level.
A person who was taped to his seat after groping and punching flight attendants on a Frontier Airways flight final July was sentenced to 60 days in jail, in accordance with courtroom paperwork seen by Insider.
Max Berry of Norwalk, Ohio, pleaded responsible to a few counts of assault inside maritime and territorial jurisdiction in February, the paperwork present.
On Tuesday, the US District Court docket in Miami sentenced Berry to 60 days in jail and handed him a $2,500 effective. It’s unclear the place and when he’ll serve his sentence.
Berry, 23, was arrested on July 31 after he punched one male flight attendant and inappropriate touched two feminine crewmembers throughout a flight from Philadelphia to Miami. A lot of his actions were filmed and shared on social media.
Police mentioned Berry had been ingesting, was shouting obscenities, and at one level took his shirt off, as Insider beforehand reported.
His habits finally led flight attendants to duct-tape him to his seat. Frontier later suspended the crew for doing so.
In a press release to CNN on the time, a spokesperson for the corporate mentioned it supported the crew and that they are going to be on paid depart.
Two of the Frontier Airways flight attendants — one who was groped, and one other who was punched by Berry — had been current at Tuesday’s sentencing listening to.
They advised ABC’s Florida affiliate, WPLG, that they felt his sentence was not lengthy sufficient.
“He made an enemy of everybody on that flight,” Frontier flight attendant Jordan Galarza advised WPLG. “The individuals on that plane noticed justice occur — greater than what we noticed in the present day.”
“I believe it is a disgusting miscarriage of justice, for my part,” he added.
In a sentencing memorandum seen by Insider, Berry’s lawyer Jason Kreiss argued that Berry’s actions had been out of character and that he shouldn’t be jailed.
After his arrest, Berry instantly attended biweekly counseling periods and took an anger-management course, mentioned the memorandum, which was submitted to the courtroom one week earlier than the sentencing.
A health care provider additionally recognized the 23-year-old with
despair
and anxiousness, the memorandum mentioned, including: “Max has completely realized his lesson and is paying a big value for his conduct.”
“He was arrested and his inexcusable and embarrassing conduct went viral on mainstream media, the web, and social media,” it mentioned. “This stigma will observe him round and hinder his private relationships, his capacity to acquire employment, his eligibility for housing, positions of belief, and can have an effect on different life points for the foreseeable future.”
Frontier Airways and Kreiss didn’t instantly reply to Insider’s requests for remark.
