NEWARK,
N.J. – An Indian national who admitted that he assaulted a girl on a
flight from Seattle, Washington, to Newark Liberty International
Airport, was sentenced today to 90 days in prison, U.S. Attorney Craig
Carpenito announced.
Vijaykumar
Krishnappa, 29, pleaded guilty Nov. 8, 2017, before U.S. Magistrate
Judge James B. Clark in Newark federal court to a superseding
information charging him with assault in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States.
According
to documents filed in this case and statements made in court, while on a
United Airlines flight from Seattle to Newark on July 23, 2017,
Krishnappa intentionally assaulted a girl who was unknown to him and
seated next to him on the flight. Krishnappa admitted that while the
victim was asleep, he intentionally touched her near her groin over her
leggings without her consent.
U.S.
Attorney Carpenito credited special agents of the FBI, under the
direction of Special Agent in Charge Timothy Gallagher in Newark, and
the Port Authority of New York-New Jersey, with the investigation
leading to today’s sentencing.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Tazneen Shahabuddin of the U.S. Attorney’s Criminal Division in Newark.
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