Gaston Brown had paid the flight attendant to transport suitcases of drugs or drug money through LAX and JFK International Airport checkpoints at least six times between October 2015 and March 2016, according to flight records and testimony.
Brown supplied the narcotics to Marsha Reynolds, a former JetBlue flight attendant, who pleaded guilty to federal drug charges andby using her crew member credentials. She was sentenced in 2018 to time served -- about two years -- by a federal judge who cited her crucial testimony in the prosecution of Brown.
Reynolds gained national media attention after she sprinted down an"up'' escalator and out of LAX, leaving behind her luggage -- and her Gucci shoes --. The following day, she worked a JetBlue flight back to New York and surrendered to U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents. After Reynolds' arrest, Brown went to Jamaica under a false name. He was arrested months later attempting to illegally re-enter the U.S. by boat.
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