A deputy U.S. Marshal traveling to London to help extradite a criminal defendant has been taken into custody by British authorities after he was accused of sexually abusing a female passenger on board a Delta flight, four law enforcement officials said.
The federal marshal was one of two deputies traveling on a Delta flight from New York City’s JFK Airport to London when the woman complained to the flight crew that she had been inappropriately touched during the flight, the sources said. A Delta Airlines spokesman confirmed there was an incident on board the flight.
“Due to unruly passenger behavior while in flight, Delta Flight 1, JFK to London-Heathrow was met by local law enforcement upon landing and Delta is cooperating with their investigation,” the spokesperson said.