3 Women Removed From Plane and Arrested at Miami Airport After Allegedly Refusing to Pay Extra Baggage Fee

Three women have been arrested after refusing to leave a plane without paying for their extra luggage.

At around 9:50 p.m. local time on Sunday, March 29, Nafisa Dockery, Davana Cochran, and Dionjana Cochran were checking onto Frontier Airlines flight F9-1204 to Philadelphia from Miami International Airport when a tense exchange ensued with a Frontier employee, according to arrest reports obtained by PEOPLE from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.

The employee explained to the trio that they had “only paid for one carry-on bag, but had two with them,” therefore, they would need to step out of line and pay for the extra luggage, per the arrest report. A “verbal altercation” then ensued, with the Frontier employee telling the women they would be removed from the flight if they did not pay for the extra bag.

“We don’t have to listen, let’s just go,” Nafisa, 30, allegedly told Davana, 26, and Dionjana, 21, per the arrest report.

Despite the frontier employee warning them that law enforcement would be notified if they tried to board the plane, the three women “rushed onto the aircraft” by going through a door “clearly marked restricted area, authorized personnel only.”

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They have since been charged with resisting an officer without violence to his person and trespassing on property/after warning. Nafisa has also been charged with battery.

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