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Woman who stowed away on a Delta flight to Paris was arrested again, this time while trying to get to Canada

Woman who stowed away on a Delta flight to Paris was arrested again, this time while trying to get to Canada

The woman who stowed away on a Delta flight from New York to Paris last month was taken into custody again, this time attempting to secretly sneak into Canada, multiple law enforcement sources told CNN.

According to a law enforcement source, Svetlana Dali managed to cut off her ankle monitor on Sunday. According to the sources, she was then arrested on Monday aboard a Greyhound bus en route to Canada. It’s not immediately clear how close she was to the border.

According to one of the sources, Dali is currently in FBI custody and is expected to turn himself over to the US Marshals in Buffalo, New York on Tuesday. The FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York declined to comment on Dali’s detention.

Dali’s lawyer Michael Schneider also declined to comment.

Dali was staying with a roommate and the roommate reported her missing when he saw her ankle monitor on the floor, another law enforcement source added.

She is expected to appear before a judge in Buffalo before returning to Brooklyn, the source added. Dali is expected to be charged with bail jumping and could face up to five years in prison.

Dali, a U.S. permanent resident and Russian citizen, was charged with one count of stowing away on a ship or plane without consent in connection with the Nov. 26 incident on the flight to Paris. She was released without paying bail but had to comply with a long list of conditions, including being banned from traveling outside a certain area.

Judge Joseph Marutollo, the judge in her stowaway case, expressed concerns about Dali’s release after the previous incident, but Schneider successfully argued for her release.

“We do not believe she poses a serious flight risk. … It’s not like she can sneak on a flight every day,” he said during a court hearing.

Prosecutor Theodora Brooke said her office believed Dali was a flight risk and said the incident was a security breach that raised national security and safety concerns.

Marutollo ruled that Dali must not enter airports, undergo GPS monitoring, surrender all travel documents and not leave the area where she is staying or face charges. He also ordered that she abide by a curfew, undergo an evaluation and undergo recommended mental health treatment.

Dali was scheduled to live in Philadelphia with an acquaintance from her church, who told the court he was willing to let her live there because she had nowhere else to go. This acquaintance was the person who reported Dali missing.

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