A 49-year-old former captain with the California Highway Patrol faces federal charges after allegedly sexually abusing two male flight attendants in business class on a JetBlue flight from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles on April 11.
According to prosecutors, the passenger reportedly showed one flight attendant a pornographic image of a dog and two men, saying he was waiting to see how long it would take the attendant to notice what was going in in the image. And he suggested they go on a cruise together and later made a lewd hand gesture as the crewmember demonstrated the plane’s oxygen masks.
When meals were being collected, the man reportedly slapped a second male flight attendant on the butt and loudly proclaimed, “I love you.” He later left his seat and headed to the front galley, pulled down his trousers and underwear in front of the first flight attendant, and then exposed himself a second time. By that time he’d apparently consumed an entire bottle of prosecco.
He returned to his seat and slept until arrival at LAX, where police took him into custody. As he was escorted off the plane, the man blamed one of the flight attendants, accusing him of refusing to go to the bathroom with him. Then he gaslit police, saying that a flight attendant had solicited him to go to the restroom together – he was being reported for turning down this advance.
Woodbury is charged with one count of felony abusive sexual contact within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, which carries a potential maximum penalty of two years in federal prison. He was released on a $50,000 bond and is scheduled to be arraigned on May 12.
The whole thing just seems so incongruous with my mental model of the California Highway Patrol, which is really just Erik Estrada, having been taking onto the set as a child by a Culver City police lieutenant who was serving as a consultant to the show. But then the passenger had been dismissed from the CHP. He’s clearly not someone you want acting under the color of authority!
when o when are they going to stop alcohol on planes all together ??? And also some limits at all the bars in airports. This is bullshit.
At least he’s a “former” Captain of CHP, and I think I now why. Booze, pills, potentially other substance, and mental illness are usually not a good combination. And I’d bet good money this 49 year old man was no Chippendale.
Another person to be put on a total No Fly List and a few days in the pokey to think it over.
@ Gary — Was his name Mike Johnson?
An entire bottle? I think I see a connection here…
Yeesh. Folks sure express love differently don’t they…
@Ren — Woah, now. How about drink responsibly. No need for prohibition. We learned our lessons with the 18th and 21st Amendments already.
@George N Romey — Ah, you forgot the ‘Cluster B’ commentary here. Next time!
For the 3,876,293rd straight time, an incident like this involves flights from Floriduh.
I’m starting to see as pattern
Anyone got $4 so I can buy a share of jetBlue?
Why do cops never do that to me. Not only would they not get a complaint they’d either get a “thank you” or a snarky comment about that tiny little thing belongs in basic economy.
Note to self — don’t pound down a whole bottle of liquor on a flight. Especially if you act like a jackass on the bottle.
I half expect it to be a big mystery for them — “Huh, I was in Ft. Lauderdale, how’d I end up in jail in LA?”
https://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/search/?q=Dennis+Woodbury
Total pay in 2023 was 348k. Nice to be making 2x what a military doctor makes.
How do I keep missing these flights where men expose their junk???