An airline passenger has been arrested after he allegedly urinated on
passengers before falling back to sleep.
Jeff
Rubin, 27, was taken into custody following the incident on a Jet Blue
flight from Anchorage to Portland, Oregon.
A
police report says passengers and airline employees told officers Rubin had
been sleeping for most of the flight.
About
30 minutes before landing, they said, he stood up and began urinating through
the crack between the seats in front of him – and onto the passengers sitting
there.
more after ...........
The
report says he lost his balance and fell backward, splashing urine on
passengers, seats and luggage.
The
cabin remained pretty calm, said Suzanna Caldwell, an Alaska Dispatch News
reporter who was sitting two rows in front of Rubin.
‘It’s not
like anyone was screaming. I didn’t even realize anything had happened until
the flight attendants came up to me and told me police were going to come on
board,’ she told the Anchorage newspaper
for a story on its website Friday.
Caldwell,
who said she was not urinated on, said officers had to wake up Rubin when they
got on board since he appeared to have fallen asleep again.
Rubin
spent about five hours in jail and was released on his own recognizance. He
faces charges of criminal mischief and offensive littering.
Rubin did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.
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