A woman dubbed the ‘serial stowaway’ who was arrested two weeks ago for causing a disturbance in an airport after a judge told her to stay away from them, had a bizarre court outburst.
Marilyn Hartman, 66, of Illinois, has been arrested several times for sneaking onto airplanes, but during her most recent court appearance Wednesday she yelled her responses at the judge who was asking about her about her mental health and family.
Judge Adam Bourgeois Jr. asked ‘Does your client have any family?’ to which she screamed ‘No I don’t!’, after her lawyer responded that she does, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Then when the judge asked if she was under the care of a medical professional she again screamed ‘Yes!,’ while her attorney responded ‘no.’ The attorney clarified that her client was having a ‘difficult day.’
Marilyn Hartman, 66, of Illinois, has been arrested at least 15 times for sneaking onto a flight and for trying to
In mid January Hartman was arrested after she boarded a flight from Chicago to London without a boarding pass or a passport
She was most recently arrested at O’Hare Airport (pictured) in Chicago after police responded to someone causing a disturbance after a judge ordered her to stay away from airports
Hartman, was arrested at O’Hare Airport in Chicago, the week after a judge ordered her to avoid airports, for allegedly refusing the leave the terminal.
Police responded to a call about someone causing a disturbance at O’Hare because Hartman had refused to leave the airport, where she was subsequently arrested.
Marilyn Hartman, pictured here in January 2018, was arrested in Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport Sunday
Hartman was released from jail two days before the arrest, having been previously apprehended for stowing away on a flight to London, according to the New York Post.
Hartman is scheduled to return back in court in mid-February. Wednesday was her fourth court appearance in two weeks.
Hartman’s most recent arrest, prior to last week’s, came after she slipped past a security checkpoint at O’Hare and boarded a flight to London without a ticket or passport.
She was arrested in London and flown back to Chicago.
Hartman has been detained all over the country because of similar crimes
Following that incident she was charged with felony theft and a misdemeanor count of criminal trespassing.
Hartman was released from custody even though the county sheriff’s office protested the move.
Authorities said they thought Hartman got through a federal TSA checkpoint at a domestic terminal without a ticket before taking a shuttle to the international terminal.
It’s believed she spent nearly 24 hours inside the airport before boarding the British Airways flight to London.
According to NBC5, police thought Hartman was able to get on the plane by mixing in with a large group.
Once on the plane, flight attendants realized she didn’t have a ticket and alerted authorities. British Customs officials refused to let her enter London and made arrangements for her to fly back to Chicago.
TSA said it was investigating how she was able to get through security.
‘During the initial investigation it was determined that the passenger was screened at the security checkpoint before boarding a flight,’ a statement read.
‘Upon learning of the incident TSA, and its aviation partners took immediate action to review security practices throughout the airport.’
Hartman has been detained several times across the country for trying to board flights without a boarding pass. In December 2015, she told NBC5 that she ‘may have’ boarded planes without a ticket eight times.