Las Vegas woman refuses to wear mask, arrested at airport

A pistillate was arrested astatine McCarran International Airport connected Sunday aft she refused to deterioration a disguise successful the airport.

Katrina Alspaugh, of Las Vegas, is accused of getting into a combat with different rider and a formation attendant earlier she was removed from an Allegiant Airlines flight, according to an apprehension study from the Metropolitan Police Department released Tuesday afternoon.

Police were initially called to the information checkpoint aft Alspaugh held up her fist successful an effort to punch the different passenger, the study said.

She refused to place herself to police, and due to the fact that the different rider did not privation to property charges, Alspaugh continued done the airdrome and boarded a plane.

Police were called again aft a formation attendant had removed Alspaugh from the level for causing a disturbance, constabulary wrote.

It was unclear wherever the formation was headed.

As Alspaugh was being escorted from the airport, constabulary said, she yelled expletives and “Lets spell Brandon.”  

She was booked connected 1 number of nationalist behaviour successful an airdrome and was released from jailhouse soon after, according to tribunal records.

Future tribunal hearings had not been scheduled arsenic of Tuesday afternoon.

Alspaugh was antecedently cited for harassment successful 2020. Court records amusement she was recovered blameworthy of home artillery successful 2002, and charged with home artillery again successful 2017 but the lawsuit was dismissed aft she completed counseling and assemblage service. She was charged with battle successful 2011, and that lawsuit besides was aboriginal dismissed.

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