Airplane stowaway Marilyn Hartman arrested again

Marilyn Jean Hartman appears in court in 2014. file photo, in the airport courthouse in Los Angeles. Marilyn Jean Hartman appears in court in 2014. file photo, in the airport courthouse in Los Angeles. Photo: Brittany Murray / Associated Press Photo: Brittany Murray / Associated Press Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Airplane stowaway Marilyn Hartman arrested again 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

Marilyn Hartman, who has been busted repeatedly for trying to sneak onto flights in San Francisco - and once for successfully stowing away on a flight from San Jose to Los Angeles - was arrested Tuesday at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix for loitering in the baggage claim area, police said.

Hartman, 62, was first contacted by Phoenix police last Wednesday after she allegedly tried to get past security without a ticket. She was given a trespassing warning and told to leave the airport, said Sgt. Trent Crump, a Phoenix police spokesman.

She was recognized by security again Tuesday while loitering in the baggage claim area near a checkpoint, and arrested when it was discovered she didn't have a ticket, Crump said.

Hartman has been taken into custody almost a dozen times in recent months, including on Aug. 4 for successfully boarding a Southwest airlines jet without a ticket and flying from San Jose to Los Angeles International Airport.

She was sentenced to probation for that incident and told to stay away from the airport, but was arrested again Aug. 13 when she allegedly went back to LAX. After being sentenced to 177 days in jail, Hartman was released less than a week later because of jail overcrowding.

Despite her history of trying to sneak onto planes, she flew with a legitimate ticket to Phoenix on a Southwest flight out of San Diego on Aug. 20, a source said.

Hartman was booked on charges of criminal trespassing, Crump said, and police were requesting a mental health evaluation.