Drunk Passenger Arrested After Locking Himself in Airport Bathroom to Drink and Smoke

A drunk passenger caused quite the stir at Illinois’ General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport last weekend.

According to The State Journal-Register, a 50-year-old man described as “visibly intoxicated” locked himself inside of a bathroom stall on Saturday night, drinking and smoking before eventually asking police to take him to jail.

The unidentified man was first alerted to authorities around 6:10 p.m. on Saturday after a cafe waitress refused to serve him a coffee with whiskey. “The waitress stated that the passenger’s manner made her very uncomfortable,” a Peoria County sheriff’s report stated. “The waitress further advised that the passenger had stated he had several knives on or about his person, one of which was lying on the bar in front of him.”