Aditya Singh, 36, was arrested on January 16 after living as a squatter at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport for three months.
New security footage shows a man who lived undetected for three months at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport was arrested while wearing a yellow safety vest.
Aditya Singh, 36, was arrested on January 16 after living in an unsuspecting host at the airport on Monday.
Singh, who is unemployed and living with “roommates” in Orange, Los Angeles, arrived in Chicago on October 19 and “was too scared to fly home to LA because of COVID,” said state prosecutor Kathleen. Hagerty.
Instead of leaving, Singh decided to crash into a safe section of the airport.
He allegedly behaved like an airport worker when he was questioned by police officers in uniform outside an airport toilet, the busiest in the country.
New video footage of his arrest shows officers stopping to interrogate Singh in front of a men’s restroom at the airport on January 16th. He was wearing a bright yellow safety vest and sweatpants.
In the pictures, Singh complies with a police shot and searches before being escorted
Police said he was found in possession of an airport operations manager’s security badge, which was reported off-site when Singh began living at the airport.
Video footage of the arrest obtained by ABC News shows that a group of officers stop to interrogate him and he stretches out his arms to be searched before leaving with them.
He was found in possession of a security badge of the airport operation manager, who was reported to have disappeared on October 26, around the time Singh started living at the airport.
Singh, who has a master’s degree in hospitality and no criminal record, said he survived the food of other airport passengers.
He allegedly made a house for himself in Terminal 2 near the F12 gate between the Cinnabon store and a shoe polish stand, according to Fox25.
He was eventually arrested when two United Airlines employees became suspicious of him and confronted Singh, who then showed him the identification badge of the airport he had found.
He was charged with criminal offenses in a restricted area of an airport and theft of offenses of less than $ 500.
Singh photographed left when he was a student at Oklahoma State University and even in a photo on social media
Shortly after his arrest, Singh was released on $ 10,000 bail and was forced to wear an electronic ankle bracelet and settled in a homeless shelter in Chicago, according to NBC Chicago.
As a condition of bail, he was ordered to stay away from the airport. His next court meeting is scheduled for March 2 in Skokie.
The Chicago Aviation Department said in a statement: “While this incident remains under investigation, we have been able to establish that this gentleman did not pose a security risk to the airport or the traveling public.”
“We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners on a thorough investigation into this issue,” the statement added.
Singh’s friends expressed shock at the news that he was squatting at the airport.
He was eventually arrested when two United Airlines employees became suspicious of him and confronted Singh, who then showed him the identification badge of the airport he had found.
“It seemed very different from him to do something like just break away from the outside world,” said Adam Dinkledine, who shared a home with Singh when they were both students at Oklahoma State University in the fall of 2017.
“I certainly wouldn’t have seen that coming at all. I hope he can get adequate help for this situation, ‘he added.
“He enters a room and lights up the space. He was a great example of what a person in the hospitality industry is trying to do, which is to hire others and inspire others, “said Katherine Ruck, who worked with Singh at Taylor’s Dining Room in Oklahoma State. a restaurant linked to the campus “Hospitality said the school.