Two airport employees were arrested after they allegedly leaked video of last week’s tragic mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and an army helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in D.C.
The two Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) employees were charged in connection with making an unauthorized copy of airports authority records, MWAA spokesperson Rob Yingling said in a statement on Tuesday.
Mohamed Lamine Mbengue, 21, of Rockville, Md., was arrested and charged with computer trespass on Jan. 31, one day after the crash over the Potomac River. He was booked into Arlington County Adult Detention Center and released on his own recognizance, according to Yingling.
On Feb. 2, Jonathan Savoy, 45, of Upper Marlboro, Md., was also arrested on a charge of computer trespass. Yingling said Savoy was released on a summons by a magistrate judge assigned to the case. (Currently, there is no mugshot of Savoy available.)
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