The man who entered a restricted area at Denver International Airport and was fatally struck by a jet engine on what has been determined as a suicide mission is yet another example of repeat offenders roaming the streets thanks to soft on crime Democrat policies.
Michael Mott, 41, had been arrested more than 20 times in Colorado since 2002, including on an attempted murder charge, reports The New York Post. One of his past mugshots reportedly showed him with a Band-Aid on his forehead and a wound across his neck.
Just one month before the deadly incident at the airport, Mott had been arrested on felony trespassing charges after allegedly entering a Colorado Springs residence and damaging property. Authorities also accused him of resisting arrest when officers responded.
Officials said Tuesday that Mott died from multiple blunt-force and sharp-force injuries after he was pulled into one of the engines of a Frontier Airlines Airbus A-321neo. Investigators say he had crossed a fence at Denver International Airport in what authorities believe was an apparent suicide attempt.
It remains unclear why Mott was not in custody following his April 10 arrest for first-degree trespassing and property damage. According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, Mott — who was homeless at the time — was initially booked into the El Paso County Jail after the incident.
His most recent booking photo showed him with shoulder-length black hair, a salt-and-pepper goatee, and an intense stare.
Court and arrest records show Mott’s encounters with law enforcement began when he was 17 years old, initially involving lower-level offenses such as shoplifting and underage drinking. Over time, however, the charges against him escalated significantly.
In February 2005, officers with the Cortez Police Department arrested Mott on an attempted murder charge involving a firearm.
He later accepted a plea deal, pleading guilty to second-degree assault causing serious bodily injury with a deadly weapon. He was sentenced to six years in prison.
While incarcerated, Mott was again charged with felony assault involving a weapon.
By April 2010, he had been released from prison, but records indicate he was soon arrested again by the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office on charges that included felony domestic violence, assault, and menacing.
Additional charges over the years included second-degree burglary in 2016 and felony assault on a peace officer in 2020.
In the 2020 case, records show the Montezuma County District Attorney’s Office ultimately dropped all six charges tied to the alleged assault on the officer.