Crime & Safety

Bay Area's 'Serial Stowaway' Marilyn Hartman Does It Again!

Somehow she reportedly flew from Minnesota to Florida and checked into a luxury resort under a false name.

Marilyn J. Hartman, 63, the woman who repeatedly was stopped and arrested in the Bay Area last year after attempting to sneak aboard flights to Hawaii, somehow managed to slip onto a plane from Minnesota and flew to Jacksonville, Fla., where she checked into a luxury resort under someone else’s name, according to news reports.

She was booked into jail Monday by the Nassau (Fla.) County Sheriff’s Office, in connection with the alleged deception at the Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort,according to the news services.

Transportation Security Administration officials said they are investigating.

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A Bay Area resident even launched a GoFundMe site, “Send Marilyn Jean Hartman to Hawaii!” after her third arrest last year.

Her multiple violations also gave pause to the San Mateo County District Attorney when he was handling her case in April. “This engenders in me a certain level of sympathy,” Steve Wagstaffe said when referring to Hartman’s arrest at the time. “She is well groomed, well spoken and articulate… she might just be a lonely person.”

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