Pastor Faces Charges For Allegedly Assaulting His Wife After She Got Upgraded To First Class And He Did Not

July 9, 2024 Crime, Religion

The Independent reports:

An elderly evangelical pastor is facing federal charges for allegedly assaulting his wife on an airplane because she got upgraded to first class and he didn’t. The ugly physical attack occurred July 2 aboard Alaska Airlines flight 275 from Seattle to Anchorage, after Roger Allan Holmberg Sr., 75, verbally abused his spouse and flipped her the bird in front of a cabinful of horrified travelers, according to a criminal complaint obtained by The Independent.

According to the complaint, a passenger who was sitting in first class next to Holmberg’s wife, who is not identified by name in the filing, said things began to go south shortly after the 3.5-hour flight got underway. In the first of three separate incidents, Holmberg, who was flying coach, confronted his wife at her seat, the complaint states. “How the hell did you get the upgrade?” Holmberg demanded of her, says the complaint. “I’m a gold point member,” Holmberg’s wife replied.

Read the full article. According to an off-duty cop witness, Holmberg struck his wife in the head when he returned to her seat in first class for a third time. According to the wife, Holmberg has a history of physical abuse.



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