A Los Angeles man, David Leroy Carver Jr., 47, has been charged by criminal complaint for allegedly interfering with flight crew members and attendants during a Breeze Airways flight from Norfolk, Virginia to Los Angeles, California on August 13, 2025. The incident led to the diversion of the flight to Grand Junction Regional Airport.
According to the criminal complaint filed by authorities, Carver is accused of making inappropriate sexual comments and racial slurs toward a flight attendant. When another passenger asked him to stop, Carver allegedly threatened the passenger and threw chewing tobacco into the passenger’s face. Another passenger intervened and helped restrain Carver so that flight attendants could place him in zip tie restraints.
The complaint further states that during the struggle, Carver lunged at a flight attendant and injured her hand. He then managed to free himself from restraints, removed his belt, wrapped it around his knuckles in what was described as a threatening manner before being separated from the belt by flight attendants.
Carver made his initial appearance in federal court in Grand Junction on August 14 before United States Magistrate Judge Richard T. Gurley.
"This case is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Grand Junction Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Springer."
Authorities emphasized that "the charge in the criminal complaint is an allegation. The defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt."
Case Number: 25-mj-199-RTG
