Ohio man gets 60 days in jail for outburst during Frontier Airlines flight

A Norwalk, Ohio, man was sentenced Tuesday May 3 to 60 days in jail for an outburst on a Frontier Airlines flight which ended with him taped to his seat, reports say.

Max Berry, 23, also will spend one year on supervised release after he pleaded guilty to three counts of assault within maritime and territorial jurisdiction, ABC News reports. Maxwell had faced a maximum sentence of 1½ years in prison and a $15,000 fine.

The incident occurred on Aug. 1, 2021, during a flight from Philadelphia to Miami, Local 10 reports. A police report says Berry went to the restroom on the plane after spilling alcohol on his shirt. He later emerged from the restroom shirtless.

ABC News reports that when flight attendants tried to help him, he began to grope them. A male flight attendant reportedly asked Berry to sit down and Berry responded by punching the attendant. Other passengers then became involved and grabbed Berry, and he reportedly was taped to his seat.

Two flight attendants testified in court on how the incident had impacted them. Both said they were not pleased with the 60-day sentence, Local 10 reports.

“He made an enemy of everyone on that flight,” flight attendant Jordan Galarza, whom Berry punched, tells Local 10. “The people on that aircraft saw justice happen — more than what we saw today. I think it’s a disgusting miscarriage of justice, in my opinion.”

Local 10 reports Berry apologized for his actions in court, saying he “feels very remorseful and embarrassed.” Berry’s lawyer has said his client has been having difficulty finding work because of the publicity surrounding the case. cleveland.com