Flight Attendant Pleads Not Guilty to Attempting to Record Teen Girl in Airplane Bathroom

Published on May 21, 2024

BOSTON—An American Airlines flight attendant who authorities say tried to secretly record video of a 14-year-old girl using an airplane bathroom last September on Monday pleaded not guilty to two counts in federal court in Boston. Estes Carter Thompson III was indicted last month on one count of attempted sexual exploitation of children and one count of possession of images of child sexual abuse depicting a prepubescent minor. Police also allege Thompson, 36, of Charlotte, North Carolina, had recordings of four other girls—ages 7, 9, 11 and 14—using aircraft lavatories. Thompson was charged and arrested in January 2024 in Lynchburg, Virginia. He has been in federal custody since....

Continue reading on website
Other news

Maine Man Charged With Stealing, Crashing 2 Police Cars Held Without Bail

May 21, 2024
PORTLAND, Maine—A man charged with crashing two law enforcement vehicles during a police chase that concluded with gunfire from 11 officers should be held without bail until his trial, prosecutors said Monday.Gary Porter of Maine had been arrested on a warrant for theft on May 6 when he escaped police custody and set off a chaotic series of events in rural Paris, police said. Mr. Porter, wearing h

EU Bans Distribution of 4 Russian News Outlets

May 21, 2024
The European Union said on May 17 it was suspending the distribution of four Russia-linked media outlets in the EU, despite Moscow’s warning this week that any such move would draw swift retaliation.The Council of the EU, the 27-nation bloc’ legislative body, banned four Russian-linked news media outlets, Voice of Europe, RIA Novosti, Izvestia, and Rossiyskaya Gazeta, for what it calls the spread