A TEXAS MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY FORCED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT THE ALBUQUERQUE SUNPORT WAS IN FEDERAL COURT IN ALBUQUERQUE ON WEDNESDAY. TWENTY-NINE YEAR OLD JUSTIN RILEY BRAFFORD IS CHARGED WITH INTERFERING WITH AND INTIMIDATING MEMBERS OF A FLIGHT CREW, AND SIMPLE ASSAULT.
BRAFFORD IS ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING A FEMALE PASSENGER ON A FLIGHT FROM LOS ANGELES TO DALLAS ON TUESDAY … THEN INTIMIDATING CREW MEMBERS WHEN THEY APPROACHED HIM. THE PILOT DIVERTED THE PLANE TO THE SUNPORT, AND BRAFFORD WAS ARRESTED BY THE FBI UPON LANDING. HE REMAINS IN FEDERAL CUSTODY.
