CHICAGO (AP) – A woman with a history of trying to sneak onto planes without a ticket has been arrested twice in recent days at both of Chicago’s international airports after being spotted loitering in terminal areas, police said Wednesday.
Marilyn Hartman, 63, was arrested April 24 after she was seen lingering in a restricted area near a ticketing counter inside O’Hare’s international terminal, said Chicago police spokeswoman Janel Sedevic. She was charged with misdemeanor criminal trespassing on state land and released after a bond hearing. She was arrested again on Sunday at Midway airport after Transportation Security Administration staff spotted her loitering near a checkpoint.
She was charged with the same offense in addition to violating her bail bond. She is being held in the Cook County jail and it was not immediately clear if she had an attorney who could comment on her behalf. Her next court appearance was scheduled for Thursday.
Hartman has tried several times in recent years to board flights without a ticket. She has succeeded at least once, getting on a Southwest Airlines flight from San Jose to Los Angeles in August.
In that incident, she slipped past an agent who was checking a family’s boarding passes at Mineta San Jose International Airport, went through electronic security screening and then somehow got past a gate agent. She was discovered only after landing at Los Angeles International Airport.