A former vintner and a salon technician were each fined $250 for
allegedly engaging in oral sex in front of other passengers on a commercial
Allegiant Air flight from Medford, Oregon, to Las Vegas. Christopher Martin, of
Las Vegas, and Medford resident Jessica Stroble, each pleaded guilty in
absentia in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas to a federal misdemeanor charge of
disorderly conduct on Thursday, reports Oregon's Mail
Tribune.
The alleged act took place on June 21. According to an FBI affidavit,
passengers on the Allegiant Air flight saw Martin exposing his genitals and
twice joining Stroble in oral sex and other acts despite warnings from flight
attendants. The affidavit states Martin and Stroble, 44 and 33 years old
respectively at the time of the incident, were allegedly asked to stop by an attendant
and did so during the drink and snack service, but later repeated the sex acts
before landing.
One of the passengers complained to an attendant that "this is not
the sex education I wanted to give my teenage sons," according to the
criminal complaint. The pair were arrested by Las Vegas police officers after
the flight. According to the complaint, they were initially charged with a
federal misdemeanor crime of lewd, indecent and obscene acts on an airplane,
which carried a maximum sentence of up to 90 days in jail and a $500 fine.
The Mail Tribune reports that U.S. magistrate judge George Foley Jr.
ordered the fines after accepting pleas from attorneys representing Martin and
Stroble, who weren't required to attend the hearing.
"I have made many mistakes in my life, none greater than this
one," said Martin, former vintner of Oregon's highly regarded Troon
Vineyard, in a written statement sent to the Mail Tribune.
"I have lost my job, my reputation and damaged the legacy I had
worked 10 years to nurture and grow. I will learn from this and move on to the
next chapter in my life."
Source: CNN
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