Caught on CCTV: Serial Stowaway Tries to Dodge Airport Security

Video surveillance cameras captured 'serial stowaway' Marilyn Hartman allegedly trying to test airport security by sneaking onto a flight at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.
Published: August 17, 2015

Video surveillance cameras captured a 63-year-old woman trying to evade airport security and sneak onto flights without a plane ticket.

Authorities say Marilyn Hartman has allegedly tried to breach security in airports across America at least 18 times, The Mirror reports.

On July 2, Hartman was released from jail following two months behind bars for being arrested five times for trying to get past airport security.

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The very next day, security cameras captured the woman buy a ticket to New York’s LaGuardia airport. Flight attendants kicked Hartman off the plane after she allegedly became disruptive on the flight.

The day after she was kicked off the flight, Hartman was spotted at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. Surveillance cameras spotted the woman trying to get through security without a ticket by trying to hide among a group of people.

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Hartman was arrested and charged with criminal trespass.

 

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