MIAMI \u2014 Three women are accused of refusing to leave an aircraft after allegedly objecting to pay fees for extra carry-on bags at Miami International Airport on Sunday, authorities said.<\/p>\n
According to Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation online booking site, deputies arrested Davana Kenya Cochran, 26; Nafisa Yasmeen Dockery, 30; and Dionjana Marlene Cochran, 21.<\/p>\n
Davana Cochran and Diojana Cochran were each charged with trespassing on property after receiving a warning and resisting an officer without violence. <\/p>\n
Dockery faced the same two charges but was also accused of battery, online records show.<\/p>\n
The three women were attempting to board a Frontier flight from Miami to Philadelphia when they had a confrontation at the gate with an airline employee, WPLG<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n Three women were arrested at Miami International Airport on Sunday after being accused of not paying for a second carry-on bag and refusing to leave a plane they boarded, authorities saidhttps:\/\/t.co\/GDnyxIUS97<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NBC 6 South Florida (@nbc6) March 30, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n According to an arrest report, the women had been asked to step out of line to pay for the extra bag. When they declined, the employee said they would be removed from the flight.<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t have to listen; let\u2019s just go,\u201d Dockery allegedly told the Cochrans, according to an arrest report from the Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n The trio bolted from the gate and went past a door that had been marked as restricted, WTVJ<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n Deputies entering the aircraft told the women that they had to leave or they would be arrested for trespassing, according to the television station.<\/p>\n After \u201cmultiple\u201d warnings, the women still refused to leave and were arrested, with their boarding passes canceled, WPLG<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n According to the arrest report, there was a \u201cbrief struggle\u201d between the three passengers and the deputies, People reported.<\/p>\n A \u201cbrief struggle\u201d between the women and the deputies occurred before they were taken into custody as they \u201ctensed their bodies and pulled their arms away\u201d to avoid being put in handcuffs, according to the arrest report.<\/p>\n According to deputies, the incident caused the plane to be delayed for one hour, WTVJ<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n Deputies said the flight was delayed for one hour due to their actions.<\/p>\n A video shared on the Only in Dade Instagram account<\/a> shows the women escorted off the flight by deputies as other travelers recorded the incident on their cellphones, People<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n \u201cEnjoy prison, baby,\u201d one onlooker can be heard saying<\/a> as the women passed.<\/p>\n The women were booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, online records show.<\/p>\n \u00a9 2025 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n