Man Who Assaulted Flight Attendants Gets 60 Days in Jail

A man who groped two flight attendants and punched a third before being duct-taped to his seat on a flight last summer was sentenced to 60 days in jail on Tuesday.

The episode was recorded on video during the Frontier Airlines flight from Philadelphia to Miami on July 31, 2021. It was one of many altercations between service workers and angry customers that have received a lot of publicity during the Pandemic.

In February, the man from Ohio pleaded guilty to three counts of assault in the United States District Court in Miami. Mr. Berry was fined $2,500 and ordered to pay more than 1,500 dollars in back taxes.

Mr. Berry's lawyer argued in a memo to the court that he should not go to jail for the crime because he had already been punished for it.

Jordan Galarza, the flight attendant who Mr. Berry struck, called the 60-day sentence a disgusting miscarriage of justice.

Mr. Galarza said that he made an enemy of everyone on that flight. He defended the way Mr. Berry was restrained. Mr. Galarza said that the people on that plane saw justice happen more than we saw today.

Mr. Berry brushed his empty cup against the backside of the flight attendant, who told him not to touch her.

Mr. Berry's fellow passengers became involved after he spilled the drink on himself and emerged from the bathroom shirtless, according to the authorities. The flight attendant helped him find a shirt in his luggage. Mr. Berry walked around the plane for 15 minutes.

According to authorities, he groped two female flight attendants and punched a male flight attendant. A video shows Mr. Berrytussling with a male flight attendant from his seat as passengers shout "No!"

He tried to bait others into a conflict by saying that his parents were worth two million dollars. I can change that, a video shows.

Someone yelled for Mr. Berry to have his mouth taped shut, and he was briefly gagged.

Mr. Berry's lawyer emphasized the stigma that would follow him around in his case.

In an email after the ruling, Mr. Kreiss described the required jail time as not necessary but said that Max was looking forward to moving on with his life.

The assistant U.S. attorney who worked on the case refused to comment on the sentence.

The trip was successful in at least one respect, according to Mr. Galarza. He told WPLG that his main job on any aircraft is to protect the passengers.