A California man faces criminal charges for sexually abusing a minor and attempting to touch a woman on a Delta Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Orlando, Florida.
The events were reported on Friday on the overnight flight 76 while the minor was traveling with her mother.
The suspect, identified as Brian Patrick Durning of 51 years, was arrested at Orlando International Airport around 7: 32 am
The man was sitting in the seat facing to the hallway right next to the minor who was described in court documents as no older than 12 years old, but younger than 16.
The victim’s mother was sitting in another row of seats due to reservation problems, indicates the report of The Daily Beast.
According to the criminal complaint, Durning ordered an alcoholic beverage just after takeoff.
“After consuming the drink, Durning began to cough and sneeze on MV (victim)”, reads the document.
“At some point later, Durning started touching MV’s hair and neck. He also tried to put his arm around MV. When he did, MV tried to get away from Durning.”
Durning then proceeded to touch the girl on her left inner thigh while he called her “honey-boo”. “He then began to move his hand down the left thigh towards the genital area,” the complaint details.
It was at that moment that he allegedly penetrated the minor with his finger on her clothes.
A woman who was sitting on the same row was asleep, and when she woke up, she saw Durning take his hand out from the inside of the girl’s thigh.
The woman, identified as SJ, asked the minor if the stranger had touched her , to which she replied in the affirmative. The woman proceeded to exchange seats with Durning to get between them, and alerted flight personnel and the girl’s mother.
Next, SJ asked the alleged pervert not to talk to the minor because he was scaring her. At that moment, Durning would have tried to touch the woman’s chest.
When the mother went to confront the man, he had his pants zipper open.
Airline employees relocated those involved to separate the man from the alleged victims.
When interviewed by federal marshals upon arrival in Orlando, the man said he had had one or two beers before boarding; and that during the flight, he ingested an Ambien pill and a glass of white wine.
The subject alleged that, after that, he fell asleep and that the last thing he remembers is the moment when someone woke him up and asked him to change seats.
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