[HOSTED.AP.ORG] Robert John Coppack, 40, of La Verne, Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,, will remain in jug until a detention and probable cause hearing Monday in federal court.According to an FBI affidavit, two women sitting with Coppack complained about his behavior on the overnight US Airways flight Tuesday, prompting the crew to steer him toward the back of the plane. Coppack then groped a retired flight attendant as he walked down the aisle, the affidavit said.
Coppack, who told his seatmates he had been drinking vodka, was also aggressive and verbally abusive, the affidavit said. He was detained on board by an air marshal on the flight, and later charged with intimidating the crew and interfering with their work.
| Lucky that's all that happened to him. After 9/11 the head of our Tae Kwan Do school and the local head stewardess, who is one of his senior black belts, devised a martial arts training course for the Comair cabin crew. It was, she was proud to relate, very well attended. Comair no longer exists, and the trained personnel have scattered with the winds. As I said, he's lucky. |