ORLANDO, FL (1010 WINS) — A New York man was arrested in a Florida airport on Thursday for an alleged drunken tirade that became physically violent and verbally abusive, NBC 4 reported.
In videos captured of the incident by nearby passengers, the 34-year-old Yonkers man, identified as Ryan Martin, is seen storming a jetway at Orlando International Airport before he is tased and taken down by officials.
According to ClickOrlando.com, a police affidavit alleged Martin hit a woman and a United gate agent. The woman told police Martin began drinking at the airport after becoming agitated. The woman alleged Martin shoved the woman's child and told them to walk. After Martin went to get another drink, he grabbed the woman by her neck and pulled her hair after she refused to hold it.
When security witnessed the attack, they moved the woman and her children to the gangway. Martin was able to make his way inside the bridge and the woman was shoved at least twice by Martin as she stood in front of the children.
A New Jersey Sheriff was also at the gate at the time of the incident awaiting his flight home and assisted with the arrest.
"He was very aggressive towards that uniformed officer, who did a phenomenal job. And so, there was a taser deployment and then we went to the ground and I assisted in handcuffing the individual," Morris County Sheriff James Gannon told NBC 4.
United Airlines banned the man from flying with them.
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