Florida man gets federal prison time for attacking gate agent at DFW airport

A Florida man who admitted to attacking an American Airlines gate agent at DFW Airport in October 2024 has been sentenced to four months in federal prison and three years of supervised release.

Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad Meacham announced the sentence, noting that U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor also ordered 53-year-old Keith Charles Owens to pay nearly $6,000 in restitution.

Surveillance footage revealed that on Oct. 5, 2024, at Gate A36 at DFW Airport, Owens repeatedly punched the American Airlines gate agent in the head, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a release Friday…

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