Reid Airport Baggage Fee Dispute Leads Las Vegas Officer to Charge Traveler
A CA man was arrested late at Las Vegas’ Reid International Airport after allegedly resisting a police force officer. Last week’s incident began when the would-be passenger got into a contravention over fees charged by Spirit Airlines for two bags.
Olalekan Oguntiba of Vallejo, Calif. was ordered past airdrome stave and a Las Vegas Metro law ship's officer to layover yelling. Yelling is a infringement of airdrome rules, KLAS, a local TV station, explained.
At I point, as he approached the embarkment area, he warned Spirit Airlines stave that they would be “judged at the time of their ‘deaths,’” according to a Metro constabulary report, KLAS said.
Following the alleged threat, Oguntiba was told he could not plank the plane. He retorted he was “boarding the plane” anyway, KVVU, another local TV station, said. But the officer informed him he was no more yearner a ticketed rider and would make to leave the embarkment area.
Instead of leaving, he kept arguing with the officer. That is when he was apprehended. He was handcuffed and later charged with violating airport rules and resisting a public officer.
It appears he had both a carry-on old bag and a checkered purse for a flying on the airlines betwixt Las Vegas and Cleveland, KLAS said. Each cost an additional $69, according to selective information quoted from the airlines’ website.
Even though Oguntiba argued with faculty around the fees, he paid the requested money for the two bags.
Earlier Carry-On Fee Dispute
In an unrelated incident last April, the Las Vegas airport, formerly known as McCarran International Airport, beefed upwards security measures after a Silver State man allegedly threatened to puff upwardly planes and bourgeon people inward Las Vegas. The threat came after he was informed a carry-on fee would live charged for a piece of luggage, Metro police force said.
Andrew Greco, 52, who is believed to be from Stateline, was arrested on two charges: communicating a bomb threat and making a threat inwards an human activity of terrorism, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported, citing judicature documents.
The incident began when Greco screamed at an employee of Frontier Airlines at the rider check-in desk after he was told a carry-on patch of luggage would cost $55, the Review-Journal said, based on a Metro police report. Greco so allegedly tossed a driver’s licence and credit entry card at Frontier employees.
Mass Shooting Threat
Later, from his room at the South Point Hotel, he allegedly called Frontier client religious service at least 11 times during a single night. He allegedly threatened to “kill people inward Las Vegas or bump upward an aircraft,” according to the law report.
Greco also allegedly told a customer divine service employee he had placed C4 pliant volatile on planes at the airport. Also, KLAS reported Greco threatened to charge a “mass shooting.” It was unclear what happened to the pillowcase inward court.