{"id":233001,"date":"2026-05-15T19:02:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T19:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/233001\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T19:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T19:02:18","slug":"hilarious-question-nyc-bound-plane-passenger-asked-judge-after-being-accused-of-fighting-tsa-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/233001\/","title":{"rendered":"Hilarious question NYC-bound plane passenger asked judge after being accused of fighting TSA agents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A New York-bound passenger accused of fighting TSA agents after a meltdown at the airport gate bizarrely asked an Atlanta judge if he could still make his flight.<\/p>\n<p>Oreoluwa Oloruntoba, 30, made the brazen request Wednesday as he appeared in court on charges of trying to breach a TSA checkpoint and fighting a police officer at Hartsfield-Jackson airport on Monday,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/you-breached-security-judge-scolds-man-accused-running-through-atlanta-airport-checkpoint\/JG6SO633NBBJRI6H3DFDHHT7UE\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">WSBTV reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cops say he ran through the security checkpoint and tried to board a flight to New York without submitting his bags or going through the scanners, before shoving a TSA officer as he tried to arrest him.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.77777778;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39387548\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/oreoluwa-oloruntoba-man-accused-breaching-127838318.jpg\" alt=\"A split screen image showing Oreoluwa Oloruntoba in an orange jumpsuit on the left, labeled &quot;Clayton County Jail,&quot; and a female judge in a black robe on the right, labeled &quot;First Appearance.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-39387548\"  \/>Passenger Oreoluwa Oloruntoba (l) asked Judge Latrevia Kates-Johnson if he could still make his flight. Clayton Magistrate5\/YouTube<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou breached security, and you fought with the officers when they attempted to arrest you,\u201d Judge Latrevia Kates-Johnson told Oloruntoba as she read him the charges during his appearance at Clayton County Magistrate Court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUm, yes. I didn\u2019t shove any of the officers. I was just kind of\u2014\u201d the passenger said, before the judge cut him off, telling him to save his explanation for trial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, I can still reschedule the airline?\u201d Oloruntoba asked, asking the judge to help him get to New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs long as you go properly through the checkpoint,\u201d Judge Kates-Johnson replied \u2014 though Oloruntoba actually remains in custody, having yet to pay a $9,000 bond, according to records.<\/p>\n<p>Oloruntoba has been charged with simple battery, obstructing an officer, and interfering with security measures. A preliminary hearing is set for June 9.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.79785156;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39387550\" width=\"471\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/oreoluwa-oloruntoba-man-accused-breaching-127838317.jpg\" alt=\"Mugshot of Oreoluwa Oloruntoba, a Black man with a receding hairline and beard, looking slightly down.\" class=\"wp-image-39387550\"  \/>Oloruntoba is accused of dashing through a TSA checkpoint and fighting a cop at Atlanta airport. Clayton County Jail<\/p>\n<p>Stunned fellow travelers said they couldn\u2019t believe what Oloruntoba allegedly did just to try and make his flight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s crazy. That\u2019s ridiculous. Sometimes you just got to miss the flight,\u201d Amber Mixon told WSB-TV.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI get here on time. I get here ahead of time. If I\u2019m headed to my mom\u2019s funeral, I might do that. Short of that, not happening,\u201d Joe Stampone said.<\/p>\n<p>It is not the first alleged breach of Atlanta\u2019s airport security checkpoints in recent months.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/30\/us-news\/atlanta-airport-passenger-mark-thomas-bodyslams-tsa-breach-suspect-fabian-leon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fabian Leon, 40, allegedly rushed a TSA checkpoint<\/a> before being bodyslammed by a bystander on Oct. 30, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>He was charged with simple battery and avoiding security measures, and is due in a state criminal court for a hearing on June 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A New York-bound passenger accused of fighting TSA agents after a meltdown at the airport gate bizarrely asked&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3346,3283,8598,5348,9,56,63,65,64,3367,58],"class_list":["post-233001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-air-travel","tag-arrests","tag-atlanta","tag-georgia","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-tsa","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}