[csusbpeace] Chris Christie's niece bites officers at New Orleans airport
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- Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2022 08:58:15 -0800
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Chris Christie's niece kicked off New Orleans plane, injured 6 deputies,
officials say
She asked passengers she perceived to be Latino if they were 'smuggling
cocaine'
Dec 3, 2022
A niece of former New Jersey Gov. was arrested on Thanksgiving Day at Louis
Armstrong International Airport.
STAFF FILE PHOTO BY SOPHIA GERMER
After getting forced off an airplane for asking passengers who appeared to
her to be Latino whether they were drug mules, a niece of former New Jersey
Gov. Chris Christie
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bit, kicked and spit on Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies trying to detain
her on Thanksgiving Day at Louis Armstrong International Airport, authorities
said.
Shannon Epstein, 25, boarded the Spirit Airlines flight to New Jersey on Nov.
24 at about 6 a.m., and asked a family who were near her and whom she
perceived to be Latino if they were "smuggling cocaine," said Capt. Jason
Rivarde, a Sheriff's Office spokesperson. Airline workers requested Epstein
be removed from the plane as she became increasingly irate, and the plane,
which had started to taxi to the runway, returned to the gate, Rivarde said
Friday.
When deputies arrived, Epstein refused to exit the jet bridge into the
terminal, Rivarde said. When they tried to arrest her, she became "extremely
combative," Rivarde said.
Six deputies hurt
In the scuffle, she injured six deputies, biting one of the arm and breaking
the skin, and kicking another in the groin, Rivarde said. They were treated
there by paramedics.
All the while, Epstein shouted that the deputies were going to lose their
jobs or end up in jail, boasting that she was related to powerful people and
that her uncle is a friend of former President Donald Trump
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Rivarde said. Chris Christie did not return messages left Friday at two
telephone numbers associated with him.
Seven deputies were needed to handcuff Epstein to a wheelchair, so that she
could be moved to the airport security office, Rivarde said. She continued to
shout vulgarities and try to bite deputies, he added.
They booked Epstein with six counts of battery on a police officer, three of
disturbing the peace, one of resisting arrest by force and one of remaining
after forbidden, Rivarde said. She paid $10,750 bail and was released from
the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center later on Thanksgiving Day.
Epstein is scheduled to return to Jefferson Parish for court on Jan. 23,
although Rivarde said most airline-related cases move to federal court.
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