Flight attendant who ditched cocaine at LAX to plead guilty
A former JetBlue flight attendant accused of trying to sneak a suitcase with 60 pounds of cocaine through Los Angeles International Airport and then making a dramatic dash to escape is set to plead guilty in federal court Monday. Marsha Gay Reynolds, 32, is expected to plead guilty to conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine, according to court documents. A conviction on the charge carries a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison. Reynolds, a US citizen, is a former Jamaican beauty queen and New York University track athlete. Bundles of cocaine were found in the bag she abandoned March 18 when she flung off her high heels and bolted after being flagged for a random security screening, authorities said. She ran down an upward-moving escalator and out the terminal. She took a JetBlue flight the next day to New York, where she surrendered days later. An attorney for Reynolds said she might not have been sure what was in her bag. Reynolds was getting paid thousands of dollars to help smuggle drugs and money through airport security at LAX and John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, according to a plea agreement filed Friday.<br/>
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Flight attendant who ditched cocaine at LAX to plead guilty
A former JetBlue flight attendant accused of trying to sneak a suitcase with 60 pounds of cocaine through Los Angeles International Airport and then making a dramatic dash to escape is set to plead guilty in federal court Monday. Marsha Gay Reynolds, 32, is expected to plead guilty to conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine, according to court documents. A conviction on the charge carries a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison. Reynolds, a US citizen, is a former Jamaican beauty queen and New York University track athlete. Bundles of cocaine were found in the bag she abandoned March 18 when she flung off her high heels and bolted after being flagged for a random security screening, authorities said. She ran down an upward-moving escalator and out the terminal. She took a JetBlue flight the next day to New York, where she surrendered days later. An attorney for Reynolds said she might not have been sure what was in her bag. Reynolds was getting paid thousands of dollars to help smuggle drugs and money through airport security at LAX and John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, according to a plea agreement filed Friday.<br/>
