New York: A passenger has been arrested for masturbating four times in front of a fellow passenger on board a plane. Antonio Sherid McGarretti was arrested in connection with the April 2 incident.
He masturbated on a Southwest Airlines Flight 3814 from Seattle to Phoenix, Arizona. . He boarded a flight from Seattle and was in 11F seats. There was a woman in the next seat. Police say the man then asked a fellow passenger if he was averse to indulging in self-indulgence and they replied that it was okay.
Subsequently, he started masturbating. It was while the fellow was staring. According to the complaint lodged with the police, the man had masturbated four times. He said he was fine but the passenger unknowingly recorded the scenes on his mobile phone. When he fainted after masturbating, he called the flight attendants and showed them the footage on the passenger’s mobile phone. After that, the flight attendants intervened and moved the woman’s seat to another location. When the plane landed at Phoenix Airport, police detained him based on information provided by flight attendants. They also handed over photos and video footage of the passenger’s complaint to the police. He was later arrested after a fellow passenger secretly filmed him passing information to flight attendants and later to police while he was fainting.
His response to the police was that he did not think the passenger would be in trouble and that this was normal. He said he thought the fellow passenger was enjoying his masturbation. He was charged with committing indecent acts in a public place.