There are some extra particulars rising concerning the thriller man who had a violent outburst on an inflight America Airways journey final month. We’re undecided this justifies his chaotic conduct however it definitely provides some extra context.
Delange Augustin, 31, was arrested following the scene that unfolded on March 10. He and his sister have been onboard a flight from Savannah, Ga. to Miami when instantly he appeared to have a “match of epilepsy,” based on The Impartial. Following that, crew members and fellow flight passengers recalled Augustin stomping, shaking and yelling earlier than getting bodily with the parents surrounding him.
He punched, kicked and grabbed a girl’s hair so tight, it needed to be lower to ensure that her to be unfastened from his grip, witnesses advised CBS. As soon as he was on the bottom, witnesses stated he swallowed a set of rosary beads. His sister, Medjina, initially advised officers the two have been touring again house from Haiti to flee “spiritual assaults” when her brother acquired paranoid that one among “Devil’s disciples” adopted them onto the airplane, the report says.
Nonetheless, in an article posted to Haitian information outlet Le Nouvelliste, she stated there was extra to the story. Medjina stated the 2 nonetheless battle with the homicide of their dad and mom which occurred within the Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. She stated their father killed earlier than Augustin was born and their mom was killed on her means house from work simply again in 2023.
She additionally added that Augustin went to Haiti to resume his J-1 visa earlier than heading again to the U.S. to finish his radiology coaching. In line with Medjina, the stress of her brother’s research and fear about his visa mixed with these “religious assaults” drove Augustin to what she known as his very first psychological well being disaster.
“What was clearly a medical emergency was tragically mishandled,” Medjina wrote.
Medjina added that after he was bailed out of jail following the incident, the siblings tried as soon as once more to return to Haiti. Nonetheless, after prosecutors succeeded in convincing the court docket to put him again in custody, FBI agent Savannah Solomon alerted Medjina his bond was denied, per WTOC. He was then arrested once more at this flight leaving Atlanta. He’s being held in custody at Espresso County Jail.
That’s not all. The report says his visa additionally expired, placing him liable to an ICE maintain. He presently faces federal costs of interference with flight crew in addition to state costs of battery, obstruction and felony harm to property.