Man who lives at Chicago O’Hare International Airport says he was too scared to fly due to the COVID-19 pandemic

CHICAGO – A man reportedly lived inside Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport for three months before being picked up on Saturday.

Prosecutors said Aditya Singh, 36, was too afraid to fly back to Los Angeles due to COVID-19.

Cook County prosecutors said Singh was found with the lost credentials of an airport official and survived inside a secure area of ​​the airport.

Singh arrived at O’Hare’s Terminal 2 on a flight from Los Angeles on October 19, according to prosecutors.

He would have been living inside the airport’s security zone since then.

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On Saturday, two United Airlines employees confronted Singh and asked to see his work permit, which was reported to have been stolen by an airport operations manager.

Singh was taken into custody and told authorities that he found the credentials and was afraid to fly home during the pandemic.

He was charged with criminal trespassing in a restricted area of ​​an airport and theft.

The judge expressed shock that Singh had not been detected before.

“While this incident remains under investigation, we were able to determine that this gentleman did not pose a security risk to the airport or to the traveling public,” the Chicago Aviation Department said in a statement early Monday morning. “We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to fully investigate this matter.”

Singh’s defense attorney made a request to allow Singh to come home.

The judge denied and set bail at $ 10,000.

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