Reid Airport Baggage Fee Dispute Leads Las Vegas Officer to Charge Traveler

A California adult male was arrested recently at Las Vegas’ Reid International Airport after allegedly resisting a police force officer. Last week’s incident began when the would-be rider got into a difference o'er fees charged by Spirit Airlines for II bags.

Olalekan Oguntiba of Vallejo, Calif. was ordered by aerodrome faculty and a Las Vegas Metro law ship's officer to kibosh yelling. Yelling is a infringement of aerodrome rules, KLAS, a local TV station, explained.

At single point, as he approached the boarding area, he warned Spirit Airlines faculty that they would live “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 table the plane. He retorted he was “boarding the plane” anyway, KVVU, another local TV station, said. But the officer informed him he was no yearner a ticketed rider and would have to leave the embarkation area.

Instead of leaving, he continued to reason with the officer. That is when he was apprehended. He was handcuffed and later charged with violating airdrome rules and resisting a public officer.

It appears he had both a carry-on pocketbook and a checkered old bag for a flight of steps on the airlines 'tween Las Vegas and Cleveland, KLAS said. Each cost an additional $69, according to info quoted from the airlines’ website.

Even though Oguntiba argued with staff nearly the fees, he paid the requested money for the deuce bags.

Earlier Carry-On Fee Dispute

Last April, the Las Vegas airport, formerly known as McCarran International Airport, beefed upwardly security after a Battle Born State adult male allegedly threatened to blow up planes and pip people inwards Las Vegas. The threat came after he was informed a carry-on fee would follow supercharged for a bit of luggage, Metro law 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 act as of terrorism, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported, citing royal court documents.

The incident began when Greco screamed at an employee of Frontier Airlines at the passenger check-in desk after he was told a carry-on bit of luggage would cost $55, the Review-Journal said, based on a Metro law report. Greco and so allegedly tossed a driver’s permit and credit scorecard at Frontier employees.

Mass Shooting Threat

Later, from his room at the South Point Hotel, he allegedly called Frontier customer divine service at to the lowest degree 11 times during a bingle night. He allegedly threatened to “kill people inward Las Vegas or bump upward an aircraft,” according to the police force report.

Greco also allegedly told a customer divine service employee he had placed a C4 pliant volatile on planes at the airport. Also, KLAS reported Greco threatened to institutionalize a “mass shooting.” It was unclear what happened to the slip in court.