A federal jury Friday found a 53-year-old Texas physician guilty of interfering with an American Airlines flight attendant during a direct flight from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport to Maui in March.
Witnesses said that William Clark Turner of Kemp, Texas, was threatening and verbally abusive toward other passengers during the flight and then interfered with the ability of a flight attendant to perform her normal duties in order to manage the incident.
After Turner’s actions were conveyed to the pilot, the cockpit was placed on lockdown for the duration of the flight so that no one could either enter or exit the cockpit.
Sentencing is scheduled for June 5 before Senior District Judge Susan Oki Mollway. Turner faces a maximum term of 20 years in prison.
The jury, after the four-day trial, found Turner not guilty of two counts of simple assault.
Makakilo burglary suspect is still at large
A man brandishing an unidentified weapon broke into a Makakilo residence late Thursday night and took property belonging to the people in the home.
When the robbery occurred around 11 p.m., a woman, 38, and three men, ages 31, 30 and 20, were at the house. There were no reports of injuries, police said.
The suspect, described as a 36-year-old man, fled the scene and remains at large.
Armed robber is sought by police
Police are looking for a man who stole jewelry and money from a Waipahu business Thursday afternoon.
The unknown male entered the establishment while brandishing a dangerous weapon and demanded jewelry and money from a female employee, 49, police said.
The suspect then fled in an unknown direction.
