A 42-year-old man has been convicted of two misdemeanors and sentenced to four days in jail for his role in a large brawl inside Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport over Thanksgiving weekend in 2021.
Man given jail time for role in large brawl inside MSP airport
A bystander's video of the incident, which lasted just over a minute, was posted on social media and shared thousands of times.
June 22, 2023 at 12:14PM
Edward L. Triplett of Andover was convicted last week in Hennepin County District Court of one count each of disorderly conduct and fifth-degree assault in connection with the mayhem on Nov. 26, 2021, near a Terminal 2 gate.
Jurors acquitted Triplett on a third-degree riot charge, a gross misdemeanor, and a second fifth-degree assault count.
Along with jail time, Triplett's sentence includes $378 in fines and fees, and 32 hours of community work service that must be performed within 90 days of sentencing.
The fights erupted among a dozen or so passengers after two large groups exited a Frontier Airlines flight from Orlando, according to an airport spokesman. Injuries inflicted were minor, the spokesman said.
A bystander's video of the incident, which lasted just over a minute, was posted on social media and shared thousands of times. Neither law enforcement nor airport officials have said what sparked the conflict.
In May, jurors acquitted a 38-year-old woman of charges related to the brawl.
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