Russian man who flew on Los Angeles flight without passport or ticket found guilty of being stowaway
Russian man who flew on Los Angeles flight without passport or ticket found guilty of being stowaway
A federal jury in Los Angeles has found a Russian man who flew on a plane from Denmark to Los Angeles in November without a passport or ticket is guilty of being a stowaway on an aircraft.
A Russian man who flew on a plane from Denmark to Los Angeles in November without a passport or ticket is guilty of being a stowaway on an aircraft, a federal jury found Friday.
Sergey Vladimirovich Ochigava arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on Nov. 4 via Scandinavian Airlines flight 931 from Copenhagen. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer could not find Ochigava on the flight’s manifest or any other incoming international flights, according to a complaint filed Nov. 6 in Los Angeles federal court.
After a three-day trial, the court’s jury found Ochigava, 46, guilty of one count of being a stowaway on an aircraft. He faces a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison when he is sentenced Feb. 5, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement.
Prosecutors presented evidence at the trial that showed Ochigava entered a terminal at Copenhagen Airport in Denmark without a boarding pass by tailgating an unsuspecting passenger through a security turnstile. The next day, he boarded the plane undetected, prosecutors said.
After a three-day trial, the court’s jury found Ochigava, 46, guilty of one count of being a stowaway on an aircraft. He faces a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison when he is sentenced Feb. 5, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement.
A 46 year old Russian guy now secured in the safety of a western prison for 5 years, instead of part of a meat wave on the Ukrainian front, by which time however Russia falls apart will have happened? I know what he's thinking now.
"Task failed successfully!"
I highly doubt he will get anything close to 5 years.
No kidding, not only does he not have to die in Ukraine, he gets housing and food too.
5 Years, if only he had tried an insurrection at the same time, would have been given 4 weeks parole.
Not being deported back is kind of a good result for him(?)
I would assume that's exactly what they'd do when he's released after his sentence is served.
Five years should be enough time for a bullet to find Putin. If not, just start a couple fights and hope they let you stay longer
Isn't extradition a concern? Imagine getting this far and just being served on a silver platter to Putin.
Extradition? Probably not. He's almost certainly going to get deported after his sentence is served.