TheShortOne
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here\'s one guy who finally got his
http://www.freep.com/news/metro/flight2e_20041202.htm
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A round-trip flight from Detroit to Tokyo normally costs about $850, but for a Warren man it'll cost tens of thousands more.
Frank Sahutske, a 48-year-old machinist, must pay $70,400, serve a year in a federal halfway house and write letters of apology to 375 airline passengers after becoming drunk and disorderly on an overseas flight last year.
U.S. District Judge Lawrence Zatkoff in Detroit imposed the sentence Tuesday on Sahutske, who became loud and unruly after downing four shots of whiskey and two sleeping pills on a Tokyo-to-Detroit flight on Nov. 14, 2003. He was returning from a business trip to China, and the plane stopped in Tokyo.
The U.S. Attorney's Office said Sahutske became so disruptive he had to be restrained in the rear of the 747 jetliner, was which diverted to Anchorage, Alaska. He also punched a passenger in the stomach and used his shoulder to strike a flight attendant.
He initially was charged with interfering with a flight crew, a felony, but was allowed to plead guilty to a simple assault, a federal misdemeanor.
Zatkoff sentenced Sahutske to five years of probation, one year of which must be served in a halfway house. Zatkoff also ordered him to reimburse Northwest Airlines $57,900 for the cost of diverting the flight. Sahutske also must write a 15-page essay on the environmental impact of dumping thousands of gallons of fuel into the ocean, which the aircrew had to do so the plane could land safely in Anchorage, and write individual letters of apology to other passengers. He also will be fined $12,500 by the Federal Aviation Administration, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
Northwest Airlines would not comment Wednesday.
Deputy Federal Defender David Tholen said Sahutske is "deeply remorseful for his conduct."
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http://www.freep.com/news/metro/flight2e_20041202.htm
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A round-trip flight from Detroit to Tokyo normally costs about $850, but for a Warren man it'll cost tens of thousands more.
Frank Sahutske, a 48-year-old machinist, must pay $70,400, serve a year in a federal halfway house and write letters of apology to 375 airline passengers after becoming drunk and disorderly on an overseas flight last year.
U.S. District Judge Lawrence Zatkoff in Detroit imposed the sentence Tuesday on Sahutske, who became loud and unruly after downing four shots of whiskey and two sleeping pills on a Tokyo-to-Detroit flight on Nov. 14, 2003. He was returning from a business trip to China, and the plane stopped in Tokyo.
The U.S. Attorney's Office said Sahutske became so disruptive he had to be restrained in the rear of the 747 jetliner, was which diverted to Anchorage, Alaska. He also punched a passenger in the stomach and used his shoulder to strike a flight attendant.
He initially was charged with interfering with a flight crew, a felony, but was allowed to plead guilty to a simple assault, a federal misdemeanor.
Zatkoff sentenced Sahutske to five years of probation, one year of which must be served in a halfway house. Zatkoff also ordered him to reimburse Northwest Airlines $57,900 for the cost of diverting the flight. Sahutske also must write a 15-page essay on the environmental impact of dumping thousands of gallons of fuel into the ocean, which the aircrew had to do so the plane could land safely in Anchorage, and write individual letters of apology to other passengers. He also will be fined $12,500 by the Federal Aviation Administration, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
Northwest Airlines would not comment Wednesday.
Deputy Federal Defender David Tholen said Sahutske is "deeply remorseful for his conduct."
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