GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A woman accused of assaulting an attendant on a flight from Fort Lauderdale to Grand Rapids pleaded guilty Tuesday, May 5, to interference with a flight crew.

Amy Jo-Manshum John pleaded to a potential 20-year felony.

The prosecution and defense agreed that she should not be imprisoned but instead undergo alcohol and substance-abuse treatment while on two years of supervised release.

In a plea agreement, a second interference charge will be dismissed at sentencing.

John, described as unruly, tried to intimidate flights attendants on the Dec. 14 Allegiant Airlines Flight #1795, a non-stop from Hollywood International Airport into Gerald R. Ford International Airport, federal prosecutors said.

She acknowledged in a plea agreement that she assaulted a flight attendant, swinging twice at her, and intimidated three others.

“Specifically, while the flight was in progress, Defendant was disruptive, unruly, and disobedient,” the plea agreement said.

She entered her plea before Magistrate Judge Ray Kent. She is free until sentencing. No date has been set.

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