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DOJ: Teen sexually assaulted during flight from NC to Seattle

Jul 18, 2023, 12:58 PM | Updated: 1:10 pm

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A Kansas man was arrested after allegedly touching a fellow passenger's thigh. (Photo courtesy of KIRO 7)

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BY KIRO 7 NEWS STAFF


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SEATAC, Wash. — The Department of Justice said a man sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl during a flight to Seattle.

Investigators say it happened on a Delta Airlines flight from North Carolina on Sunday night.

The teen was sitting next to a man named Jack Roberson, who investigators say started groping the girl while she slept.

The teen told her guardian, who reported it to a flight attendant.

Roberson was moved away from the teen and then arrested when the plane landed.

He’s now being held at the Federal Detention Center in SeaTac.

 

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