A former NFL player was arrested on a Delta Air Lines flight from Boston to Dublin, Ireland and accused of urinating on another passenger.
Delta Air Lines Flight 154 was heading to Dublin from Boston early Sunday when it was diverted and forced to return to Logan International Airport “because of an unruly passenger who urinated on another passenger on board,” Massachusetts State Police said in a statement.
Police said troopers boarded the aircraft after they were alerted of the incident around 2 a.m. Sunday and “verbally commanded Cherilus to leave the plane, but he became irate and uncooperative.”
“Eventually, Troopers escorted Cherilus to the jet bridge and placed him under arrest for Disorderly Conduct and Disturbing a Flight Crew,” the statement said.
The passenger was identified by police as Gosder Cherilus, 40, of Wakefield, Massachusetts. He is expected to be arraigned Monday in East Boston District Court.
Other passengers, meanwhile, were put on another flight to Dublin Sunday, a Delta spokesperson told USA TODAY Monday.
“Delta has zero tolerance for unlawful behavior and will cooperate with law enforcement to that end,” the spokesperson said in a statement. “We apologize to our customers for the delay in their travel.”
Who is Gosder Cherilus?
Cherilus was an offensive tackle at Boston College from 2005 to 2007. He was drafted into the NFL in 2008 by the Detroit Lions. He played five seasons in Detroit, two with the Indianapolis Colts and two for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before retiring in 2016.
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