Politics & Government

DA Decides Not to Charge Man in Saggy Pants Incident

The Bay Area native was arrested while boarding a plane for New Mexico, allegedly because his pants were riding too low.

The San Mateo County District Attorney has decided not to file charges against a Bay Area man accused of refusing to pull up his sagging pants when boarding a U.S. Air flight at San Francisco International Airport.

In a decision sent to the media early this morning, DA Steve Wagstaffe issued the following notice:

"Our review of the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office investigative reports and the San Francisco Police Department Airport Bureau police reports regarding the arrest of Deshon Everett Marman on June 15, 2011 has been completed by my office. We have determined that the evidence does not warrant the filing of criminal charges against Mr. Marman. While we believe the officers on scene acted appropriately and professionally during the over one hour that they were in contact with Mr. Marman and repeatedly attempted to resolve the situation without difficulty, and while Mr. Marman could have quickly obviated the need for further intervention, we do not believe that criminal charges are warranted in light of all of the circumstances surrounding the incident."

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Deshon Marman, 20, was arrested on suspicion of battery on a police officer, resisting arrest and trespassing on June 15 after boarding a flight from San Francisco to Albuquerque, NM, where he is a student and football player at the University of New Mexico.

Marman was instructed by airline crew members several times to pull up his pants to cover his underwear, both before he boarded and while on the plane, according to San Francisco police.

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He allegedly refused to do so, and eventually the plane's captain told the other passengers to deplane, ordered Marman to leave the aircraft and then placed him under citizen's arrest for trespassing after he refused to exit, police said.

Marman was escorted off the plane by police and then allegedly resisted officers when they tried to handcuff him. One officer suffered a cut to his hand and a sprained knee in the struggle, according to police.

Marman, booked into county jail, posted $11,000 bail and was released.

--Bay City News contributed to this article.


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