Posted on 11/14/2006 5:08:58 AM PST by Rb ver. 2.0
Couple from California face federal charges for alleged airborne antics
ANDREA WEIGL
(Raleigh) News & Observer
RALEIGH - A California couple whose in-flight friskiness on the way to Raleigh was a bit much for other passengers are facing federal charges for harassing the flight attendant who asked them to stop.
Carl Warren Persing and Dawn Elizabeth Sewell are scheduled to go to trial Dec. 11 at the federal courthouse in Wilmington for their behavior during a Sept. 15 flight.
The indictment states that "the defendants repeatedly engaged in overt sexual activity in the cabin of the plane to such an extent that the flight attendant had to direct them to stop."
But Persing and Sewell wouldn't halt their public displays of affection, and Persing threatened the flight attendant who made the request and refused to serve them alcohol, according to the court records.
Efforts to reach Persing, of Lakewood, Calif., and Sewell, of Huntington Beach, Calif., were unsuccessful.
Their defense lawyers did not return messages Monday.
It is unclear how often disruptive passengers are charged with crimes. The Federal Aviation Administration tracks only incidents involving unruly passengers that are reported by the flight crew and are not referred to law enforcement. There were 79 incidents this year as of Sept. 20 -- in comparison to last year's total of 203.
FBI special agent Michael Sutton wrote in an affidavit that Persing and Sewell were on a Southwest Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Raleigh with a stop in Phoenix. On the first trip, Persing and Sewell sat in separate rows, and Persing was served one alcoholic drink. From Phoenix to Raleigh, the pair sat next to each other.
While in the plane on the ground in Phoenix, the couple were kissing, embracing and "acting in a manner that made other passengers uncomfortable," Sutton wrote in his affidavit.
"Persing was observed nuzzling or kissing Sewell on the neck, and around the collarbone in the vicinity of her breast," Sutton wrote. Persing was also observed with his face pressed against Sewell's lower body.
At first, the couple complied with a request from a flight attendant to stop their behavior. But they soon resumed during the flight.
When asked again, according to Sutton's affidavit, Persing told the flight attendant: "I'm going to give you one warning to get out of my face."
Things deteriorated from there, according to Sutton's affidavit: The flight attendant refused to serve them alcohol. Persing called the flight attendant "a punk." Persing kept asking for alcohol.
Sewell told the flight attendants that she worked for a lawyer and it was illegal not to serve alcohol to them. The flight attendant told them to stop asking for alcohol.
Persing said, "You and I are gonna have some serious confrontation when we get off this plane."
When the couple got off the plane in Raleigh, law enforcement officials were waiting.
"The captain has turned off the No Sex sign and you are now free to move about the cabin."
Well, it's ok in this case. These two aren't too sharp.
I doubt it, the article says its a man and woman.
Get a damn room.
It's the entitlement mentality. They thought they were entitled to behave however they wish on the airplane. They thought they were entitled to be served drinks. They thought they were entitled to treat the flight attendant like a subordinate. Unfortunately, these kind of folks are becoming all too prevalent. Hardly a day goes by when I don't encounter someone with an attitude like this.....
It's all a misunderstanding. With the roar of the engines in their ears, they misheard the fight attendent when he asked, "Peanuts?"
I hope the folks on the plane pay as much attention to potential terrorists as they do to a couple making out.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Name: Carl W. Persing
E_MAIL: BSPANKS@AOL
Location: Lakewood, Cal.
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Well, Well, Well I can not believe it. I hope to find some old shipmates. I served the USS England from 1988 to 91, and had a hell of a time. We did two westpacs to the gulf. It was the liberty ports that made it worth the time. I'm looking for pictures that can bring back all the good times that we had. I was a snipe in the #2 engineroom and had great times. The crew was the best, a little crazy but fun. I can say that the navy did turn me into a man, and contributed to my alcoholism and divorce. I'm looking forward to the ships reunion and need to get the time and date. Whats up Doug Corley, Mike Butler, Joe Knouse, Sean Rancourt all you crazy f***s. How the hell are you all. Well, All you people that served on the USS England are real men that served on a ship that was one of a kind. God Bless you all.
Your s**tmate MM3 Persing from two engineroom. 1988 to 91
And if your out there Chief Hatchel, I'll never forget the walk down the pier and the words exchanged....... Nice try in writing me up on my last day in the navy. Thank God for my friend like LTJG Bushnell.
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LMAO - "I work for a lawyer, and boy, are YOU going to get into trouble!"
What a nice Catch 22 for a lawyer. It's illegal to not serve them alcohol (???) but if she did and they went over their limit and got in a car accident and killed someone, guess who'd be the first to get sued?
Can you say *job security*?
I'll bet that both of these dumbasses voted Dumbocrat, too!
Some couple stopped outside our front window once and were making out in the car. I didn't want my young children to see this but knew that if I asked this couple to grow up and stop it or something, they'd sneer at me. So I leaned over to the window and shouted *Can I sell tickets?* The look on the woman's face was priceless. She just stiffened right up, pursed her lips, and stared straight ahead while Mr. Loverboy pulled away. Priceless.
You can fit two people in one of those things?
ping...
Crappers .... and we were told this wouldn't get leaked to the press....
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
what is the problem with being served a drink on a plane and it not being counted in some sercret room somewhere by a bunch of folks with nothing else to do. A long time ago traveling was fun. Now it is a pain in the ass and everyone wants to mess it up!!!!!!! have fun flying under the new rules...I don't and once upon a time I flew 250000 miles a years...now as few as I have to!!!!!!!
All flight personels are Hitlers today...screw you in a minute...no way to enjoy any flights any more!!!
It is impossible to properly evaluate the seriousness of the charges without pictures.
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