Cell phone hidden – man secretly filmed girl in airplane toilet

In one case that was prosecuted alone, the man allegedly tried to secretly videotape a 14-year-old girl in an airplane toilet. The incident occurred last September during a flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Boston, Massachusetts.

Girl lured to the toilet, cell phone hidden
The 36-year-old lured the girl in the first class of the plane to the toilet, where he allegedly hid his smartphone. However, the alleged victim discovered it, took a photo of it and informed her parents. They then informed the crew and an investigation was initiated immediately after landing.

According to the information, the man was arrested in January 2024 and has been in custody since then. Investigators found recordings of four other underage female passengers on his smartphone. According to the Public Prosecution Service, these came from flights on which he had previously worked.

Victims between seven and fourteen years old
The victims were between seven and fourteen years old at the time of the crime. Additionally, additional recordings of a nine-year-old child were discovered in the suspect’s cloud storage, as well as hundreds of child pornography content created using artificial intelligence (AI).

There is a risk of decades in prison
If convicted, the suspect faces decades in prison. As U.S. media consistently reported, the airline said the man was “disconnected from service” immediately after the September incident and that he stopped working afterward.