Bay Area Stowaway Snuck On To London Flight From Chicago: Cops

CHICAGO, IL — A Grayslake woman with a history as an airline stowaway was arrested this week for slipping past security at O'Hare International Airport to sneak on board a flight to London, according to Chicago police. Marilyn Hartman, 66, was charged with felony theft and misdemeanor criminal trespass. Her bail hearing is set for Saturday.

According to police, O'Hare security cameras caught Hartman passing through airport security without a passport or boarding pass Monday, Jan. 15. She then boarded a flight to London's Heathrow International Airport, where she was detained by British Customs, police said.

Hartman was flown back to Chicago after she was denied entry to Great Britain, police said. She landed at O'Hare on Thursday, Jan. 18, and was taken into custody by Chicago police, according to authorities.

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A Transportation Security Administration spokesman told the Chicago Tribune that they're reviewing the incident. A preliminary investigation found that Hartman had been screened by security before she boarded the London flight, TSA said in a statement.

This isn't the first time Hartman has had run-ins with the law trying to sneak aboard commercial airplanes. She was charged in similar incidents in Chicago and Jacksonville, Florida, in 2015, and West Coast authorities accused her of trying to stowaway on flights from San Francisco to Hawaii on six separate occasions in 2014.

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Before this week's incident, Hartman's last attempt to sneak aboard a plane was in 2016 at O'Hare, according to the Tribune. She served jail time stemming from those charges and was staying in Near North Side mental health facility before her arrest, the report added.

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Marilyn Hartman, 66 (Photo via Chicago Police Department)