Woman said she bypassed O’Hare checkpoints and boarded plane without a ticket to see Jay-Z in Los Angeles, according to prosecutors

A Marquette Park woman told authorities she evaded security checkpoints at O’Hare International Airport and boarded an American Airlines flight for Los Angeles so she could see rapper and music mogul Jay-Z, Cook County prosecutors told a judge on Monday. Someone spotted Yaazmina Payton ducking under a set of ropes at the boarding door near the ticket gate at Terminal 3 around 7:45 a.m. Sunday and alerted a ticket agent, prosecutors said during a bail hearing broadcast on YouTube. Payton, 23, was taken into custody after being unable to produce a ticket or boarding pass and was later charged with felony criminal trespass. Following her arrest, authorities said Payton offered to show them how she bypassed security, freely admitting she pushed past a gate into a secure area by evading detection while Transportation Security Administration officers were distracted. Payton also admitted passing another security checkpoint and said she was trying to go to LA to see the Grammy Award-winning rapper, Assistant State’s Attorney Jocelyn Schieve told the court. Judge John F. Lyke Jr. ordered Payton released on $500 bail but approved a prosecution order barring her from the airport.<br/>