Drunk woman dragged off flight after violent meltdown over ‘fat’ seatmate
An inebriated woman was dragged off a Southwest Airlines flight by police after grabbing another female passenger’s hair and throwing a tantrum at New York’s LaGuardia Airport.
Video from the cabin prior to takeoff early Tuesday shows passengers filming as several travellers and flight crew try to take down the woman as she holds onto another woman’s hair and calls her a “fat-a** b****.”
One person tries to calmly tell her to “let go of her hair,” which the woman responds to by grinning and denying doing — despite clearly holding a fistful of the other passenger’s locks.
Another passenger attempting to free the woman’s hair adds, “You can’t do that. You need to let go right now.”
While still holding tight onto the woman’s hair, the drunk passenger can be heard telling someone snippily, “I’m sorry, I didn’t want to sit next to a f***ing fat lady.”
Leanna Perry, 32 — an artist and designer who works for Maybelline New York, according to the New York Post — eventually lets go of the woman’s hair but wasn’t finished attacking her and launches a tirade at her and other passengers as airline employees and others restrain her.
“Ugly a** bitch,” Perry rants before trying to spit on the woman while others work on zip-tying her wrists behind her back.
Perry then says that she “can’t breathe” and falls to the floor between seats, the clip shows.
She then begins violently kicking and screaming expletives, according to another video posted on Reddit.
One flyer can be heard asking, “Can anybody do something, please?” as Perry continues to flail about.
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She then becomes emotional and tells everyone to leave her alone before going into another expletive-ridden tantrum before the video ends.
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Port Authority Police said they responded to a “report of an intoxicated passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight at Terminal B of LaGuardia Airport.”
Perry was taken to a local hospital before she was handed over to the New York City Department of Corrections, authorities said.
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She was arrested and charged with aggravated assault.
“The Customer involved in the incident was removed from the flight and denied boarding,” a Southwest Airlines spokesperson said in a statement to the Post.
“We commend our team for their professionalism during the incident.”
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Spencer Tepe and his wife Monique Tepe were found slain in their Columbus home on Dec. 30 by police responding to calls for welfare checks on the couple. The Office of Coroner Nathaniel R. Overmire at the Franklin County Forensic Science Center tells PEOPLE the apparent causes of deaths for the couple were gunshot wounds.
In an incident report reviewed by PEOPLE, the Columbus Division of Police said 37-year-old Spencer and 39-year-old Monique were pronounced deceased at the scene.
Their deaths are being investigated as homicides, per the report.
An official cause of death is yet to be released, pending other details required for the coroner’s determination, such as toxicology reports, the coroner’s office tells PEOPLE.
Police previously said Spencer suffered several gunshot wounds and Monique was shot in the chest once, according to a report previously cited by WSYX. The coroner’s office declined to confirm this information and directed PEOPLE to Columbus police.
Investigators at the Columbus Division of Police did not respond to PEOPLE’s requests for comment.
The investigation began after Spencer’s concerned coworker told police he did not show up for work, which was uncharacteristic of him, WSYX previously reported.
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A friend of Spencer’s who had also arrived to check on the couple told 911 dispatchers that he could hear the couple’s children crying inside the house.
“I can hear kids inside, and I think I heard one yell,” the caller said, according to dispatch audio. “But we can’t get in.”
Spencer and Monique were known among loved ones for their warmth, kindness and dedication to building a life “rooted in love,” their family said in a statement following their killings.
“They were extraordinary people whose lives were filled with love, joy, and deep connection to others,” read part of the statement shared with PEOPLE by Spencer’s brother-in-law Rob Misleh.
“We are heartbroken beyond words,” read the statement, adding that the family is “committed to seeing this tragedy fully and fairly brought to justice.”
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A GoFundMe has been set up to assist the couple’s two children.
Investigators have yet to announce a person of interest or suspect in the case.
They are urging anyone with information to contact the Columbus Police Homicide Unit at (614) 645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at (614) 461-TIPS (8477).
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