Crime & Safety
Man Removed from SFO Flight After Refusing to Hike Up Pants
Deshon Marman, 20, was arrested Wednesday morning after he allegedly refused to pull up his pants on a U.S. Airways flight.
A man who was removed from a U.S. Airways flight at the San Francisco International Airport and arrested after he allegedly refused to pull up his pants was released from a Redwood City jail Thursday night while prosecutors consider whether to file charges against him.
San Francisco resident Deshon Marman, 20, was arrested Wednesday morning on charges of a felony count of battery of a police officer and misdemeanor counts of resisting arrest and trespassing.
However, he has not been charged and no court date has been set while prosecutors conduct additional interviews and consider what charges, if any, should be filed, according to San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe.
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Marman was boarding Flight 488 to Albuquerque, N.M., a flight to take him to his best friend's funeral. Marman's friend, David Henderson, was shot and killed on those same Bayview streets, according to NBC Bay Area.
Airline crew members instructed Marman several times to pull up his pants to cover his underwear, both before he boarded and on the plane, according to San Francisco police Sgt. Michael Rodriguez.
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Marman allegedly refused to pull up his pants, and when he sat in his seat, he pulled them all the way down, Rodriguez said. Police were called in around 9:05 a.m.
"The captain decided he was not going to fly with that person," Rodriguez said.
Eventually the captain told other passengers on board to deplane, ordered Marman to leave the plane and then placed him under citizen's arrest for trespassing, after he refused an order to leave the plane, Rodriguez said.
Marman was escorted off the plane by police and then allegedly resisted officers when they tried to handcuff him. One officer received a cut to his hand and a sprained knee in the struggle.
U.S. Airways spokesman Andrew Christie confirmed a passenger was removed from an aircraft and taken into custody "after repeatedly ignoring crew members' instructions."
"While U.S. Airways does not have a specific dress code, we ask our customers to dress in an appropriate manner to ensure the safety and comfort of all of our passengers," Christie said.
--Bay City News
