SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A 24-year-old man from Shelby Township will serve 18 months in federal prison after disrupting a flight from Nebraska to Detroit, prompting an emergency landing.
On Jan. 13, Mario Nikprelaj was sentenced to the prison term in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, by United States District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand after pleading guilty to one count of interfering with flight crew members and attendants during a flight last July.
Prosecutors said Nikprelaj began causing trouble aboard Delta Connection Flight 3612, operated by SkyWest Airlines, before takeoff in Omaha July 17…