SARASOTA, FL - Authorities said that a couple from Connecticut traveling on JetBlue airlines from New York to Sarasota were arrested after two children allegedly witnessed them performing sexual acts mid-flight.
Court documents show that around 10:28 a.m. on July 19th, a JetBlue flight attendant was approached by a mother traveling with her two children who claimed that they had just witnessed two other passengers engaging in sexual activity in their seats, ABC7 reported.
The flight attendant proceeded to the seating area of 43-year-old Trista L. Reilly and 42-year-old Christopher Drew Arnold, and allegedly witnessed Reilly "making up-and-down movements with her head while she was face down on Mr. Arnold's lap," according to court documents.
The allegations against Reilly and Arnold were corroborated by the two minors, who said they directly observed the sexual acts. Reilly and Arnold were arrested around 11:30 a.m., shortly after they landed at the Sarasota Bradenton International Airport by deputies with the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office.
They have since been charged with lewd or lascivious exhibition, specifically in the presence of minors.
In a separate incident, a couple in West Virginia were arrested after police pulled over their stolen RV and allegedly found the duo both in the driver's seat, totally nude and having drunken sex, according to the New York Post.
The criminal complaint states that police pulled over 35-year-old Shannon Bryant and 48-year-old Matthew McDonnell, late in the afternoon on Wednesday, July 9th.
While police were pulling the RV over, they noticed Bryant was in the driver's seat straddling McDonnell.
When police approached the driver's window, McDonnell was already back sitting in the passenger's seat, not saying a word.
However, Bryant, who "appeared to be highly intoxicated," while sitting in the driver's seat, candidly told the cops, "We were expletive," the officer reported.
McDonnell reportedly confessed after the two were read their Miranda rights and said that they "were naked and attempting to engage in sexual activity while driving" when the police pulled them over.
Upon searching the RV, police found drug paraphernalia including a bag of white powder. They also recovered pain killers and a broken glass pipe that Bryant admitted McDonnell had tossed out the window during the traffic stop.
A vehicle check using the VIN number and registration also revealed that the RV had been stolen.
Both were charged with indecent exposure, drug possession, DUI, and possession of a stolen vehicle. Despite being caught in the act, the duo pleaded not guilty.
Court documents show that around 10:28 a.m. on July 19th, a JetBlue flight attendant was approached by a mother traveling with her two children who claimed that they had just witnessed two other passengers engaging in sexual activity in their seats, ABC7 reported.
The flight attendant proceeded to the seating area of 43-year-old Trista L. Reilly and 42-year-old Christopher Drew Arnold, and allegedly witnessed Reilly "making up-and-down movements with her head while she was face down on Mr. Arnold's lap," according to court documents.
The allegations against Reilly and Arnold were corroborated by the two minors, who said they directly observed the sexual acts. Reilly and Arnold were arrested around 11:30 a.m., shortly after they landed at the Sarasota Bradenton International Airport by deputies with the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office.
They have since been charged with lewd or lascivious exhibition, specifically in the presence of minors.
In a separate incident, a couple in West Virginia were arrested after police pulled over their stolen RV and allegedly found the duo both in the driver's seat, totally nude and having drunken sex, according to the New York Post.
The criminal complaint states that police pulled over 35-year-old Shannon Bryant and 48-year-old Matthew McDonnell, late in the afternoon on Wednesday, July 9th.
While police were pulling the RV over, they noticed Bryant was in the driver's seat straddling McDonnell.
When police approached the driver's window, McDonnell was already back sitting in the passenger's seat, not saying a word.
However, Bryant, who "appeared to be highly intoxicated," while sitting in the driver's seat, candidly told the cops, "We were expletive," the officer reported.
McDonnell reportedly confessed after the two were read their Miranda rights and said that they "were naked and attempting to engage in sexual activity while driving" when the police pulled them over.
Upon searching the RV, police found drug paraphernalia including a bag of white powder. They also recovered pain killers and a broken glass pipe that Bryant admitted McDonnell had tossed out the window during the traffic stop.
A vehicle check using the VIN number and registration also revealed that the RV had been stolen.
Both were charged with indecent exposure, drug possession, DUI, and possession of a stolen vehicle. Despite being caught in the act, the duo pleaded not guilty.
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Comments
2025-07-25T18:04-0400 | Comment by: Dawn
Good grief. Pretty bad when your need for self-gratification is so strong that you can't even pull off the road or wait until a plane lands to find someplace private to do such things.
2025-07-25T22:11-0400 | Comment by: Melvin
You'd think that with an RV they could park and enjoy their fun, but maybe they had to reach their destination in a certain time period