{"id":1718,"date":"2018-02-14T11:34:38","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T00:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/tampa-man-who-blamed-edible-marijuana-for-airline-melee-pleads-guilty\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T21:02:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:02:20","slug":"tampa-man-who-blamed-edible-marijuana-for-airline-melee-pleads-guilty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/tampa-man-who-blamed-edible-marijuana-for-airline-melee-pleads-guilty\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa man who blamed edible marijuana for airline melee pleads guilty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Associated Press Published:&nbsp;February 12, 2018<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This July 7, 2017, photo taken the FBI and released via the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office in Seattle shows the aftermath of a cabin on Delta Flight 129 from Seattle to Beijing, after authorities say flight attendants struggled with a passenger who lunged for an exit door. A Florida man who brawled with flight attendants and passengers when he tried to open the exit door of a Delta Air Lines flight bound from Seattle to China has pleaded guilty to four felony charges. The Seattle Times reports 24-year-old Joseph Daniel Hudek IV, of Tampa, pleaded guilty Friday, Feb. 9, 2018, in U.S. District Court in Seattle to one count of interfering with a flight-crew member and three counts of assault on an aircraft with a potential deadly weapon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SEATTLE \u2014 A Tampa man who authorities say wielded a wine bottle in a brawl with flight attendants and passengers as he tried to open the door of a Delta Air Lines flight from Seattle to China has pleaded guilty to four felony charges.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Hudek IV, 24, entered the plea Friday in federal court in Seattle to one count of interfering with a member of a flight crew and three counts of assault on an aircraft with a potential deadly weapon,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Seattle Times<\/a>&nbsp;reported.<\/p>\n<p>The plea came after Hudek filed an affidavit with the court stating that he bought and ingested &#8220;edible marijuana&#8221; in Seattle just before his flight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Later, while on the airplane and after I had consumed the marijuana, I began to feel dramatically different,&#8221; Hudek said in the document\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/publicsafety\/Tampa-man-who-blamed-edible-marijuana-for-airline-melee-pleads-guilty_165406434\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"button\">For more<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/publicsafety\/Tampa-man-who-blamed-edible-marijuana-for-airline-melee-pleads-guilty_165406434\"><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associated Press Published:&nbsp;February 12, 2018 This July 7, 2017, photo taken the FBI and released via the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office in Seattle shows the aftermath of a cabin on Delta Flight 129 from Seattle to Beijing, after authorities say flight attendants struggled with a passenger who lunged for an exit door. 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