Minnesota nurse facing federal charges for allegedly grabbing flight attendant’s crotch

A 64-year-old licensed applicable caregiver is facing national charges aft she allegedly grabbed a formation attendant’s genitalia portion traveling from Las Vegas to North Dakota.

Jody Lynn Sherry-Berg was arrested Tuesday connected 1 number of interference with formation unit members, according to national tribunal documents reviewed by The Independent.

The altercation occurred January 16 aboard an Allegiant Air formation from Harry Reid International Airport to Grand Forks International Airport, states an indictment unsealed April 8 successful Minnesota national court.

Sherry-Berg, a Bemidji, Minnesota resident, “did knowingly interfere with the show of the duties” of a antheral formation attendant identified successful tribunal filings arsenic “J.M.,” erstwhile she “assaulted J.M. by grabbing J.M.’s genitals,” the indictment contends.

Attorney Jean Brandl, a nationalist defender assigned to correspond Sherry-Berg astatine her archetypal tribunal appearance, told The Independent that she was “not astatine liberty to talk to you astir the case.”

Brandl declined to supply details of what led up to the altercation, which is not laid retired successful the indictment.

An Allegiant Air spokesperson did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.

A chap traveler captured compartment telephone video of Sherry-Berg doubly grabbing the formation attendant’s crotch, Fargo, North Dakota NBC affiliate KVLY reported astatine the clip of the incident.

Sherry-Berg was initially arrested upon landing by the Grand Forks Police Department connected 1 number of providing mendacious accusation to instrumentality enforcement. According to a probable origin affidavit successful that case, Sherry-Berg astatine archetypal gave responding officers a fake name, Alyssa Hoverson.

However, a hunt of Sherry-Berg’s belongings turned up a Minnesota driver’s licence that revealed her existent identity, the affidavit says.

The authorities complaint was dropped connected April 3, erstwhile the still-sealed national indictment was handed down, tribunal records show. Following her apprehension this week, Sherry-Berg was released connected a idiosyncratic recognizance enslaved and ordered to enactment distant from her alleged unfortunate and immoderate witnesses who whitethorn beryllium called to testify.

If convicted, Sherry-Berg faces up to 20 years successful prison. She is scheduled to look successful Grand Forks national tribunal connected April 21.