2 Sentenced for Interfering With Flight Diverted to Maine

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Two males from England have been sentenced in federal court docket for fees associated to interfering with the crew of a flight that needed to be diverted from its vacation spot.

The passengers disrupted a flight from Mexico to England, inflicting it to make an unplanned touchdown on Jan. 2 in Bangor, Maine, prosecutors mentioned. They pleaded responsible in February to fees of interference with a flight crew and assault.

A federal choose sentenced Anthony Joseph James Kirby, 36, and Damien Jake Murphy, 36, to time served on Tuesday. The lads have been in custody since their January arrest and have been additionally ordered to pay greater than $26,000 in restitution.

Calls have been made to attorneys for the 2 males.

Courtroom data state that the lads grew to become upset after being instructed they’d not be served any extra alcohol through the flight. They then took a bottle of alcohol from their baggage and continued consuming, and have become more and more intoxicated and belligerent, prosecutors mentioned.

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