"2 off-duty Boston officers subdue man on flight" by Trisha Thadani | Globe correspondent September 23, 2014
Two off-duty Boston police officers subdued an unruly passenger who tried to open an exit door aboard a flight from Boston to Los Angeles, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing, officials said.
A 26-year-old California man had a “psychopathic episode” Monday morning on Virgin America Flight 363, which prompted officials to divert the plane to Eppley Airfield in Omaha, according to a report filed by Omaha police.
The flight was carrying 108 passengers, police said. When the plane landed, the man was taken into custody by police.
A Boston police spokesman said the Boston officers, Sergeant Detective Marc Sullivan and Sergeant Detective Brian Albert, were off-duty but on official business.
Virgin America described the incident Monday as resulting from a “medical condition.”
The flight resumed service from Omaha and arrived in Los Angeles later Monday.
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"Airline employees charged with money laundering at Logan Airport" by Rachel Riley | Globe correspondent September 26, 2014
Five airline employees are facing charges that they used their security clearances to smuggle more than $400,000 in cash past checkpoints at Logan International Airport, says the US attorney.
The defendants allegedly used their security clearances to sneak cash past Transportation Security Administration checkpoints from open areas of the airport, such as public bathrooms near the baggage claim and passenger pick-up and drop-off areas, the office of US Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz said.
The employees got cash payments from a cooperating witness involved in the undercover investigation in return for delivering the money to secure areas of the airport and, in some cases, aboard commercial flights, Ortiz’s office said.
Arrested were four JetBlue Airways employees working in ground operations: Rupert Crossley, 26, of Lynn; Anthony Trotman, 24, of Boston; Eric Vick, 24, of Mattapan; and Alvin Leacock, 28, of Florida. Also arrested was a Delta Air Lines customer service ramp agent, Dino Dunkley, 31, of Boston.
Each is charged with money laundering and conspiracy to defraud the United States, namely, the TSA.
Investigators believe the money exchanges, involving a total of $417,000 that the defendants believed to be drug proceeds, occurred nine times.
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The Massachusetts Port Authority, which oversees Logan, applauded the investigation. “Massport takes the safety and security of the people who use and work at our facilities as its highest priorities,” spokesman Matthew Brelis said. “As part of Logan’s security program, all persons requesting identification that provide unescorted access to the secure areas undergo careful vetting, which includes a criminal background check.”
Ortiz’s office conducted the investigation with assistance from the TSA, the Air Marshal Service, and State Police....
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