According to US prosecutors, a man was so afraid of traveling in the epidemic that he continued in a safe area of Chicago Airport for three months without informing anyone.
Aditya Singh, 36, was arrested on Saturday after airline staff asked him to reveal his identity.
In response, Aditya pointed to a badge, but this badge belonged to an operations manager. That manager had filed a complaint about losing his badge in October.
According to the police, Aditya Singh reached O’Hare International Airport from Los Angeles on October 19 in a plane.
According to the Chicago Tribune,
Assistant State Attorney Kathleen Hegarty stated that Aditya allegedly received a badge at the airport and was “afraid of going home because of Kovid.”
He told the judge that Aditya was living with food and money he had received from other passengers.
Cook County Judge Susana Ortiz surprised by the case.
He told the prosecutor who outlined the charges on Sunday, “If I understand you properly then you are saying that an unauthorized,
non-working person will be working at the O’Hare Airport Terminal from October 19, 2020, between 16 and 2021.” Was reportedly living in a safe part,
and no one came to know? I want to understand you correctly. ”
According to Assistant Public Defender Courtney Smallwood, Aditya Singh lives in a suburb of Los Angeles and has no criminal background. It is not clear why he came to Chicago.
Maintenance of the city’s airports
He has been charged with wrongful entry and theft in a restricted area of an airport. They have to pay $ 1,000 for surety. Till then they have been banned from entering the airport.
Judge Ortiz said, “The court considers these facts and circumstances as shocking that this has been happening for so long.”
“The airport needs to be completely safe for people to travel safely, so I think that such perceived acts have become a threat to the community.”
The Chicago Aviation Department, which oversees the city’s airports, said in a statement, “The incident is under investigation,
although we found that this gentleman did not pose any threat to the safety of the airport or the traveling public.” did.”
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