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Trayton Ballot, 28, of Deering, Alaska molested a 17-year-old girl on an Alaska Airlines flight heading from Anchorage to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Jan. 15, 2025

He was charged with abusive sexual contact and a federal jury convicted him after a two-day trial in Seattle

Ballot now faces two years in prison when he is sentenced in December

A federal jury has convicted a plane passenger accused of repeatedly molesting a minor traveling with her mother and friend.

Trayton Ballot, 28, of Deering, Alaska was found guilty of abusive sexual contact after a two-day trial in Seattle.

The jury returned that verdict after just an hour of deliberation, according to a news release from the Department of Justice.

The incident occurred on an Alaska Airlines flight out of

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