A drunken passenger who was barred from boarding an airplane at Orlando International Airport rode away from the gate atop a motorized suitcase with a police officer on a bicycle in hot pursuit.
The incident, captured on the officer’s body camera, shows Chelsea Alston, 32, after being denied entry to her flight due to her inebriated state. The cop politely asks her to leave the gate and return to the terminal, but instead, she fires off a barrage of obscenities at him before riding away while sitting atop her suitcase, leading to a crazy low-speed chase through the terminal.
The patient cop repeatedly tries to persuade her to leave the terminal until he finally has no choice but to arrest her. Alston resists, fighting with the cop and spitting at him.
She was later accused of battering the police officer and causing more than $1,000 in damage to his patrol car, according to records obtained by WKMG. If convicted, Alston faces up to five years in prison for each offense.