Criminal Justice

Freed from jail Thursday, accused airline stowaway attempter is arrested again Friday and Saturday

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On Thursday, a 63-year-old woman who has made international headlines over her repeated claimed efforts to get aboard commercial airlines in multiple states without a ticket was released from the Cook County, Illinois, jail.

By Saturday, Marilyn Hartman had been arrested twice more at two Chicago airports, for allegedly causing a disturbance aboard a plane as a ticketed passenger on Friday and allegedly trying to get past security without a ticket on Saturday.

The incidents occurred at Midway International Airport and O’Hare International Airport, respectively, Police said Hartman now faces charges of misdemeanor reckless conduct, criminal trespass and violating her bond on prior charges, reports the Chicago Tribune (reg. req.).

The Associated Press and the Tinley Park Patch also have stories. It isn’t clear from news reports whether Hartman is still in custody or was released on her own recognizance.

Despite multiple airline-travel-related arrests in at least three states, the seven weeks Hartman spent in jail in Cook County before her Thursday release is by far her longest stint behind bars, the AP reports.

Related coverage:

ABAJournal.com: “Arrested Monday in LA as airline stowaway, woman is released Wednesday, arrested again Thursday”

ABAJournal.com: “Serial airline stowaway attempter is now in Arizona, where she has been arrested again”

ABAJournal.com: “Serial stowaway attempter flies again, is arrested in Florida”

ABAJournal.com: “Judge: Woman with history of stowaway attempts will be jailed if she keeps going to airports”

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