"Russian Stowaway Found Guilty After Flying to Los Angeles Without Passport or Ticket"

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Source: The Associated Press
"Russian Stowaway Found Guilty After Flying to Los Angeles Without Passport or Ticket"
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A Russian man, Sergey Vladimirovich Ochigava, has been found guilty of being a stowaway on an aircraft after flying from Denmark to Los Angeles without a passport or ticket. Prosecutors presented evidence that he entered the terminal in Copenhagen without a boarding pass and boarded the plane undetected. During the flight, he moved around the plane, ate multiple meals, and attempted to eat crew members' chocolate. Ochigava faces a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison and is scheduled to be sentenced on February 5.

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