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Article: Acton man charged with flight attendant assault.(News)
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- The Boston Herald
- Article date:
- February 24, 2002
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A 26-year-old Acton man who allegedly slugged a female flight attendant during a booze-fueled midair outburst Friday will be charged with assault in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia on Monday.
William Wallace Thrasher, who was subdued and apparently roughed up by other passengers who rushed to the flight attendant's aid, was taken into custody by the FBI after US Airways Flight 1148 from Boston touched down at Philadelphia International Airport on Friday afternoon.
Authorities say a drunken Thrasher lived up to his name after being asked by the flight attendant to return to his seat in first class as the plane began its descent.
"He had been ...