Alleged stowaway who boarded flight to Paris released from federal custody with strict pretrial conditions
The woman who was federally charged with boarding a New York-to-Paris flight as a stowaway during the Thanksgiving holiday was released from U.S. custody Friday with strict pretrial conditions.
The woman who was federally charged with boarding a New York-to-Paris flight as a stowaway during the Thanksgiving holiday was released from U.S. custody Friday with strict pretrial conditions.
Svetlana Dali, 57, appeared Friday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph A. Marutollo in Brooklyn federal court in New York, where he ruled that she must submit to GPS monitoring and a curfew and banned her from all airports pending trial.
Marutollo ordered Dali to turn over travel documents and undergo a mental health evaluation and treatment. Dali, who is a U.S. permanent resident, is also restricted to the city of Philadelphia, where she will live with an acquaintance from church, and the Eastern District of New York, where she faces one count of being a stowaway on a vessel or aircraft without consent.
If she is convicted, she could face up to five years in prison, a fine or both. She has yet to enter a plea.
Marutollo said he was “deeply concerned” about releasing Dali, citing her risk of flight, lack of connection to the community and inability to secure a third-party custodian who would be legally responsible for her compliance with the release conditions.
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