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A couple's decision to join the "mile-high club" on a flight to Sarasota landed them a trip to jail, according to arrest affidavits.

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... The backstory:

Investigators say they received a complaint from a flight attendant on JetBlue Flight 163 from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York to Sarasota Bradenton International Airport on Saturday, July 19.

The flight attendant said that several children and their mother witnessed Christopher Arnold, 42, and Trista Reilly, 43, engaging in sexual activity during the flight.

Sarasota-Manatee Airport Authority police arrested Arnold and Reilly, who are from Danbury, Connecticut, after the plane landed, according to the affidavits.

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Arnold and Reilly face charges of lewd and lascivious exhibition. Jail records show they've been released on their own recognizance and are scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 15. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-24 12:04 AM | Reply

Danbury? Home of the John Oliver Sewage Treatment Plant?

#2 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-07-24 12:37 AM | Reply

@#2

Yup. Good memory. :)

Danbury, the city just north of me.



#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-24 12:47 AM | Reply

@#2 ... John Oliver Sewage Treatment Plant ...

Some details I had forgotten about ...

John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant
en.wikipedia.org

... The John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant is a sewage treatment plant in Danbury, Connecticut, named after the British-American comedian and political satirist John Oliver.

The plant was completely renovated in response to a 2008 order from state and federal agencies to address the inability of the existing sewage system to curtail phosphorus concentrations in wastewater, as well as other environmental issues.

After Oliver made fun of Danbury on his show, Last Week Tonight, Danbury mayor Mark Boughton responded by offering to rename their $100-million sewage plant for Oliver.

Boughton later told reporters that it was a joke, but after Oliver offered $55,000 to local charities in exchange for the plant's renaming, the city agreed to officially term the site the "John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant".

Construction began in 2019, and was finished in October 2020, with Oliver personally attending the ribbon-cutting ceremony. ...


#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-24 12:51 AM | Reply

@#4 ... with Oliver personally attending the ribbon-cutting ceremony. ...

imo, major kudos to Mr Oliver for following through.


#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-24 12:52 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

Danbury?

....I seem to almost be able to remember it but it's so forgettable.

#6 | Posted by Tor at 2025-07-25 12:39 AM | Reply

You SEE! this just proves why CIS-heterosexuals are so deesgusting... they act like animals.. phookeeng een pooblik like cows! They are groomeeng cheeldrun on aeroplanes!

#7 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2025-07-25 10:02 AM | Reply

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