Arizona man suing American Airlines after he spent 17 days in jail over theft allegation.

An Arizona man is suing American Airlines after he claims he spent 17 days in a New Mexico jail because the airline gave his identity incorrectly in connection with a crime. According to the lawsuit, which was submitted on Monday in Tarrant County District Court and was acquired. Lowe departed from the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in May 2020 on a trip to Reno, Nevada. However, the lawsuit claims that a duty-free shop in the airport was broken into prior to the departure.

The airline allegedly gave just Lowe’s information after the airport police got a search warrant requesting that they give over travel information for everyone who boarded the flight to Reno. The lawsuit claims that Lowe was in Tucumcari, New Mexico, visiting friends. Police requested participants’ details at a Fourth of July event following a disturbance. Two open warrants from Tarrant County, Texas, which the individual claims he was unaware of before being arrested, were discovered by authorities when they used Lowe’s information.

Lowe was sent to a jail in New Mexico’s Quay County. According to the lawsuit, Lowe lived in a “constant state of fear of confrontation or abuse” and was concerned about contracting COVID-19 inside the facility. Lowe claimed that after eight days, the judge who was brought in “offered no clarification regarding his arrest.” He claims that on his seventeenth day in custody, he was freed and removed from the prison without any further explanation.

To go back to his house in Flagstaff, Arizona, took Lowe two days. He discovered that he had missed a court date and that American Airlines had given information to law enforcement after contacting Tarrant County authorities and the airport police department.

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