The Birmingham News reports:
A north Alabama sheriff’s deputy is no longer with his agency and another was disciplined after they allegedly caused a “rowdy” scene at the Birmingham airport when they allegedly cursed at officers and refused to wear masks and were drunk on their flight.
Authorities were called to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport around 5:36 p.m. Feb. 26 after receiving a call about unruly passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight, Birmingham police told WAAY.
The two Morgan County sheriff’s deputies and two others in their group were “rowdy, drunk and not wearing masks,” police told the station.
Montgomery’s ABC News affiliate reports:
Turk Jones, is no longer a Morgan County Sheriff’s Office deputy. Jones told WAAY 31 he wouldn’t give a statement under the advice of his lawyers, but that he is OK being identified as the deputy who “was terminated.”
The sheriff’s office will only say a deputy is “no longer with the agency.” The other deputy remains with the sheriff’s office, but has been disciplined.
“Our team, like everyone else, still relies on people, which can make mistakes,” Morgan County Sheriff Ron Puckett said in a statement.
The two Morgan County sheriff’s deputies and two others in their group were “rowdy, drunk and not wearing masks,” police said.
https://t.co/NeLJYhTBT1— Jeremy Gray (@jgray78) March 23, 2022
One Morgan County deputy was disciplined and another is no longer with the agency after a run-in with Birmingham Police for allegedly refusing to wear masks on a plane. https://t.co/FjhxaTMPuR
— waaytv (@WAAYTV) March 23, 2022