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Man sentenced to 25 months for sexually assaulting woman on flight

Prosecutors said Vernon Baker exposed himself, touched the woman’s chest over her clothing and untied her pants while seated next to her on a commercial flight; he pleaded guilty to abusive sexual contact on an aircraft and was sentenced to 25 months in federal prison.

Published Mar 25, 2026, 11:17 AM EDT | LehighValleyLive

A New Jersey man will spend more than two years in federal prison for sexually assaulting a woman seated next to him on a commercial flight, federal officials said Monday.

Vernon Baker, 41, of Linden, was sentenced to 25 months in prison in the U.S. District Court of Eastern Pennsylvania, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Baker pleaded guilty in December to one count of abusive sexual contact on an aircraft.