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Mobile, Alabama man convicted of assault, other charges in connection with in-air scuffle on international flight

49-year old Robert Wade Prince of Mobile, Alabama, pleaded guilty today to interference with the flight crew and attendants of Continental Flight 59 on February 13, 2010, along with assault in the maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States before U. S. District Judge Melinda Harmon.

Accepting the guilty pleas, Judge Harmon convicted and sentenced Prince to six months’ incarceration on each of the two counts of conviction and further ordered Prince to pay a $10,000 fine. The sentences are to be served concurrently.

The charges are the result of an investigation conducted by the Federal Air Marshals Service and the FBI initiated on February 13, 2010 upon the arrival of Continental Flight 59 at Bush Intercontinental Airport from Amsterdam.  That investigation produced evidence establishing that from the beginning of the flight and after consuming several alcoholic beverages, Prince displayed loud and obnoxious behavior.  A few hours into the flight, Prince grabbed the arm of a female flight attendant, injuring her.  When the attendant asked him to let go, he refused, stating, “I just got back from the Middle East and I am not going to rape you.”

A male flight attendant intervened, freeing the female attendant and notified one of the undercover air marshals on board the flight of Prince’s disruptive behavior.  As the flight progressed, Prince reportedly became more disruptive, prompting two young female passengers seated next to Prince to ask to be reseated due to the constant harassment and touching to which Prince subjected them.  The air marshal agreed to exchange seats with the young woman seated next to Prince.  When the air marshal attempted to sit next to Prince, he tried to push the air marshal out of the seat telling him, “You can’t sit here. This seat is for my girlfriend.”

The air marshal identified himself as a United States Air Marshal and asked Prince to calm down.  Instead, Prince elbowed the air marshal twice in his chest at which point he was handcuffed and escorted to the back of the plane.  Prince became even more disruptive yelling offensive racial slurs at the air marshal for the remainder of the flight.

Prince remains free on bond pending the issuance of an order to surrender to a Bureau of Prisons facility to be designated in the near future where he will serve his sentence.

Assistant U. S. Attorneys Suzanne Elmilady and Joseph Magliolo are prosecuting the case.

Arlene Culpepper, Asst. Editor-in-Chief
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Vice-President & Asst. Editor-in-Chief of The Heat Magazine, Arlene is a Louisiana native, Certified Paralegal, Publicist, Owner of MIKODreamz PR, co-owner of 504Diffusion, writer, producer, and jack of all trades, who is heavily involved in her community as well as serving as Media Advisor for New Orleans Union for Entertainment (NOUE), Member of the NOLA Music Awards from 2012-present & Member of the Press Club of New Orleans. Her work is published across the web. Her PR work has been highly recognized & awarded. She was/is publicist for the late great BTY YoungN, 0017th and more. She is also working on her first novel & aspires to turn it into a film & is currently writing the authorized biography of the legendary Pimp C of UGK. She can be reached via email at Arlene@theheatmag.com. Follow her on Twitter - @CategorySeven & Instagram - @hurricanearlene.
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