Crime & Safety
Fisticufs Fly On Delta Flight Landing SC Man In Police Squad Car, Then In Jail
A fight on a Delta flight ended with one man throwing a punch at another passenger, then throwing a hissy fit in a police car, police said.
ATLANTA — A fight on an airplane and the mischief that ensued have landed one man in jail, police said.
Police were called to a boarding gate in Hartsfield Jackson International Airport around 7 a.m. on Friday when an altercation started aboard a Delta Airlines flight, according to Atlanta Police reports.
Police say the dispute started when 30-year-old Curtis Maurice Clayton, of Greenville, SC, protested German Montez placing something in the back of Clayton’s seat on the plane.
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“The dispute escalated until Clayton punched Montez, after which Clayton was then restrained by a passenger,” a police spokesperson said in a statement.
Clayton was uncooperative when police arrived and in his protestations damaged a police patrol car, police said.
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