Federal prison sentence for man who crashed Jeep through Philly airport fence

    A judge has sentenced Kenneth Mazik to federal prison for the March incident that led Mazik to crash his Jeep through a runway gate at Philadelphia International Airport.

    The U.S. Attorney’s office filed federal charged in June against the Chadds Ford, Pa., man.

    Mazik was sentenced to 16 months in federal prison, according to the Inquirer. Mazik pleaded guilty in July, and blamed his actions on delusions resulting from an addiction to Adderall.

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