Crime & Safety

Naked Man Who Climbed Onto Jet Hit With Felony Trespassing Charge: CPD

A 33-year-old Chicago man climbed onto an airplane that was preparing for takeoff, police said.

CHICAGO, IL — A Chicago man now faces a felony trespassing charge after police say he climbed a barbed-wire fence and climbed naked onto the wing of a private jet Tuesday afternoon at Midway International Airport.

Police said Javier Martinez, 33, disrobed after catching his clothing on the wire fence just after 4:30 p.m.

He now faces one count of criminal trespassing to a restricted area or airport.

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Police said Martinez was intoxicated when he climbed a security fence and then got onto the wing of a private plane that was about to take off. He was quickly taken into custody.

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