Outrageous public behavior: Slapping toddlers & more

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Sometimes people make headlines for behaving badly

From slapping a toddler on an airplane to beating up the pizza delivery man, we take a look at a variety of amazing incidents that made the news. See gallery

Man accused of slapping toddler onboard flight

This week, Joe Rickey Hundley, 60, a high-level employee in the aerospace industry, was arrested for allegedly slapping a 19-month-old boy and telling his mother to "shut that (N-word) baby up" on a Delta Airlines flight earlier this month. While there has been no confirmation on whether Hundley was fired or if he resigned from AGC Aerospace and Defense, Al Haase, president and CEO of the company, called reports of behavior by one of its executives during recent personal travel "offensive and disturbing." Hundley's attorney, Marcia Shein, said her client would plead not guilty.

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As you know, sometimes people make the news simply for behaving badly in public. We’ve put together a series of stories that fit that bill.

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'Kony 2012' director's nude rant

Jason Russell, who directed the viral "Kony 2012" video condemning African warlord Joseph Kony (watch it here), was placed on a 5150 mental-health hold in March 2012 after he was found running around the streets of San Diego naked, masturbating and vandalizing cars. Russell wasn’t arrested but did receive treatment for "reactive psychosis."

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Jet Blue pilot's in-flight meltdown

JetBlue Airways passengers received quite a shock in March 2012 when one of the pilots ran down the aisles ranting about Iraq, Iran and al-Qaida. Clayton Osbon eventually was remanded to the Federal Medical Center in Butner, N.C., after being found not guilty by reason of insanity. He was released from the facility in November 2012.

(Click here to read about a lawsuit filed by the passengers.)

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4-year-old denied foul ball

In 2004, a 4-year-old boy had a bead on a foul ball at a Texas Rangers game when suddenly a man in the row above knocked the boy against the seats while diving for the souvenir. Despite fans imploring Matt Starr to give the ball to the boy, and the boy's mother swatting him with a cardboard fan and calling him names, Starr didn’t relent. But the next day, Starr decided to give the ball to the boy and buy his family tickets to future Rangers games.

(Click here for other examples of adult fans denying foul balls to kids.)

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Bus monitor bullied

Karen Klein, a 68-year-old bus monitor in New York, unwittingly became the poster child for bullying after she was mercilessly harassed by a group of teenage boys in June 2012. After a 10-minute video of Klein being bullied surfaced on YouTube, a campaign was launched to raise money to send her on a vacation. After more than 30,000 contributions, the campaign raised $700,000. The students were suspended for a year.

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346-pound man punches Domino's driver

A 346-pound behemoth from Florida punched a Domino's Pizza delivery driver in August 2012 because he was unhappy with the service. The driver, Jonathon Fiegen, told police that Robert Wheeler, who has "Fat" and "Boy" tattooed on his arms, clocked him for "forgetting the garlic knots." Wheeler, who was jailed and then released on $500 bond, had a different story, saying Domino's owed him money.

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Rep. Anthony Weiner sexting scandal

Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner’s conscience finally took control in June 2011, when he resigned over a sexting scandal that he initially lied about and then admitted. Weiner, married less than a year at the time, tweeted and Facebook-messaged inappropriate photos of himself to at least six women.

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Man abandons 5-month-old

In October 2011, Christopher Johnson, 18, of Sacramento, Calif., left his 5-month-old baby girl locked in a car to allegedly go on a date at a McDonald’s across the street. A Good Samaritan sitting next to the car noticed the child and called 911 approximately 30 minutes later. Johnson was charged with felony child endangerment.

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Wal-Mart meth lab

A Tulsa, Okla., woman was arrested in December 2011 for attempting to make a makeshift meth lab inside a Wal-Mart. Claiming she was "too broke to buy the chemicals," Alisha Halfmoon spent six hours inside the store collecting the ingredients off the shelves and then unsuccessfully mixing them together to concoct crystal meth.

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Prince Harry nude photo scandal

Prince Harry is notorious for providing fodder for the tabloids, but the totally nude photos that flooded the Internet after a strip pool game in Las Vegas in August may be the topper. After a four-month deployment with the Royal Army in Afghanistan, Harry has had plenty of time to replay the controversy in his mind. “I let my family down,” he said recently.

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JetBlue flight attendant's meltdown

Talk about going out in a blaze of glory. In August 2010, longtime JetBlue Airways flight attendant Steven Slater unleashed an on-the-tarmac tantrum at JFK International Airport in which he announced his resignation over the public-address system, grabbed a beer and his luggage, and then slid down the emergency slide to freedom. Slater is writing a memoir about his dealings with passengers.

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Woman arrested 4 times in 26 hours

In September 2012, a New Hampshire woman was arrested four times in 26 hours for blasting loud music and allegedly throwing a frying pan at her nephew ̶ all of that after being warned. Joyce Coffey’s whirlwind tour began at 3 p.m., ended more than a day later and involved her being released from jail three times, on bail ranging from $500 to $10,000.

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