NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Three Long Island residents were arraigned Thursday afternoon for assaulting a Delta Airlines security officer at John F. Kennedy airport.
The employee was hit in the head with his own radio, punched in the face and kicked after the three women allegedly refused to leave a jetway after they were told they would be denied boarding for a flight to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Another employee, a gate agent, was also punched in the face during the debacle.
Federal Prosecutors charged Jordan Nixon, 21, of Bay Shore, Janessa Torres, 21, of Central Islip and Johara Zavala, 44, of Central Islip in the Sept. 22, 2021 attack.
Prosecutors allege the three women were denied boarding because they were belligerent, with at least one woman being possibly intoxicated and another refusing to wear her mask.
Members of the flight crew were notified by the gate agent of the trio’s behavior and the airplane’s captain and a flight crew member decided that the women would not be allowed to board the flight.
All three then allegedly proceeded to refuse requests from the security officer to leave the jetway, instead approaching him, yelling and cursing and physically attacking both he and the gate agent who tried to help.
Both employees were taken to the hospital for their injuries and treated.
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