A Michigan man will serve 18 months in federal prison over a disturbance that erupted on a Detroit-bound SkyWest flight in July.
Mario Nikprelaj, 24, of Shelby Township, was sentenced Tuesday in the case, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Iowa, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. His residence was initially reported to be in Nebraska. After serving the prison term, Nikprelaj will be placed on two years of supervised release, prosecutors said.
Nikprelaj had entered a guilty plea Sept. 23 to one count of interfering with flight crew members and attendants, authorities said…