California Man Given 2-Year Prison Sentence for Groping Woman During Flight

He was also ordered to register as a sex offender.

A plane prepares to land at Los Angeles International Airport on July 18, 2022. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

A Southern California man was sentenced to nearly two years in federal prison Oct. 5 for groping the inner thigh of a sleeping woman sitting next to him on a flight from Cleveland, Ohio, to Los Angeles in February 2020.

United States District Judge Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha in Los Angeles sentenced Mohammad Jawad Ansari, 50, of Diamond Bar—a city in eastern Los Angeles County—to 21 months in prison. The judge also ordered him to pay a $33,750 fine, $1,600 in restitution, and $5,100 in special assessments.