Woman Known As ‘Serial Stowaway’ Arrested Again At Airport

  • 10 years ago
A 62-year-old homeless woman, who is being referred to as the ‘serial stowaway’ has been busted yet again at an airport in Arizona. Marilyn Hartman was arrested at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport for criminal trespassing.

A 62-year-old homeless woman, who is being referred to as the ‘serial stowaway’ has been busted yet again at an airport in Arizona. Marilyn Hartman was arrested at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport for criminal trespassing.

At about 11:30 in the morning on Tuesday, an airport staffer recognized her from previous incidents. Hartman had reportedly been loitering in a ‘nonsecure baggage claim’.

This makes it the third time she’s been arrested this month for pulling similar stunts. Stretch back to March, and it's somewhere around the 10th time she was either taken in by police or detained at an airport.

In nine of the occurrences, Hartman had allegedly attempted to stowaway on a passenger plane. In one of her illegal adventures, she managed to sneak onto a flight from San Jose International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport.

Hartman has been arrested 7 times at the San Francisco airport. She was taken into custody at the Los Angeles International Airport for sneaking onto the plane and court ordered to stay away from the property unless she had a boarding pass. Only days later, she was caught at the airport again.

Hartman was sentenced to six months for that stunt, but served a few days in jail because of overcrowding issues. In light of the most recent arrest, police are requesting Hartman undergo a mental health examination.