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Exclusive | Denver airport trespasser Michael Mott’s criminal past revealed, chilling mugshots emerge after he was mangled by jet engine

Nypost · · 321 words · By Georgia Worrell
Criminality and Character Public safety
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11 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The Denver airport trespasser who was dismembered by a jet engine after he calmly stepped in front of a Frontier flight”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Michael Mott, 41, jumped a perimeter fence at Denver International Airport and was struck/killed by a Frontier Airlines jet engine.
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web search NEUTRAL — The person, Michael Mott, 41, jumped over the airport’s perimeter fence on Friday night minutes before he was hit while crossing a runway as a Frontier Airlines jet was taking off, airport officials s…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/us/frontier-denver-airpor…
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web search NEUTRAL — Denver International Airport chief executive officer Phil Washington said Tuesday that an alert went off around nine minutes earlier, when an airport operator on duty “reviewed the alarm and identifie…
https://nypost.com/2026/05/12/us-news/officials-reveal-grim-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Denver International Airport CEO Phil Washington said that an alarm went off at around 11:10 p.m. Friday and an operator on duty “reviewed the alarm and identified a herd of deer just outside of the p…
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/passenger-fatally-struc…
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“Michael Mott, 41, racked up over 20 arrests in Colorado dating back to 2002 — including for attempted murder.”
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One specific web result explicitly states that Michael Mott had over 20 arrests in Colorado dating back to 2002, including attempted murder. Other results are generic record searches and do not provide the specific count or charge.
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web search NEUTRAL — Michael Mott, 41, racked up over 20 arrests in Colorado dating back to 2002 — including for attempted murder.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/12/us-news/denver-airport-trespas…
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web search NEUTRAL — Michael A Mott may have been arrested in or around of Colorado, on or around Oct 12, 2014. All people are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Criminal & Court Records.
https://rain-street.org/Michael-Mott-5G2233
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web search NEUTRAL — About Media Careers Online Payments English Colorado Judicial Branch Courts Trial Courts by County Trial Courts by District Court of Appeals Supreme Court Water Courts Community and Educational Resour…
https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/courts-records-search
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“His most recent arrest was for felony trespassing just one month before he jumped the fence at Denver International”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of search results for a 2026 Michael Jackson biopic, which are completely irrelevant to Michael Mott.
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web search NEUTRAL — Michael visits children's hospitals and experiments with ideas for his next album, which is set for release in 1982. After watching a news report on the Crips–Bloods gang war, he hires members of both…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_(2026_film)
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 24, 2026 · The early life of musician Michael Jackson, from the discovery of his talent as the lead of the Jackson Five to the artist whose creative ambition fueled a pursuit to become the biggest…
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11378946/
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 24, 2026 · The story of Michael Jackson, one of the most influential artists the world has ever known, and his life beyond the music. His journey from the discovery of his extraordinary talent as …
https://www.moviefone.com/movie/michael/Lft8D7heZ1vUsG1f3vG1…
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“Mott got sucked into one of the engines of the Airbus A-321neo and his cause of death was determined to be multiple blunt and sharp force injuries”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of search results for a 2026 Michael Jackson biopic, which are completely irrelevant to the cause of death of Michael Mott.
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web search NEUTRAL — Michael visits children's hospitals and experiments with ideas for his next album, which is set for release in 1982. After watching a news report on the Crips–Bloods gang war, he hires members of both…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_(2026_film)
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 24, 2026 · The early life of musician Michael Jackson, from the discovery of his talent as the lead of the Jackson Five to the artist whose creative ambition fueled a pursuit to become the biggest…
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11378946/
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 24, 2026 · The story of Michael Jackson, one of the most influential artists the world has ever known, and his life beyond the music. His journey from the discovery of his extraordinary talent as …
https://www.moviefone.com/movie/michael/Lft8D7heZ1vUsG1f3vG1…
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“the Pueblo-native was nabbed on April 10 for first-degree trespassing and damaging property at a Colorado Springs dwelling, then resisting arrest”
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The provided evidence consists of general legal definitions of trespassing and an unrelated story about a journalist in New Mexico. No evidence confirms the specific arrest of Michael Mott on April 10 in Colorado Springs.
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web search NEUTRAL — Preliminary Hearing. Resisting Arrest.First-Degree Trespassing. Trespassing is a serious offense that entails unlawfully entering or remaining on another person's property without their consent.
https://www.phxcrimeattorney.com/criminal-defense/property-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — "This means you could be arrested and jailed at any time without further notice to you," it continues. The bench warrant, also issued Thursday, commands law enforcement in New Mexico -- and only in th…
https://indianz.com/News/2019/04/22/native-journalist-double…
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web search NEUTRAL — The difference between first and second-degree trespass can be subtle, and it often it comes down to the location of the trespass. Many states use the charge of first-degree criminal trespass to descr…
https://legalbeagle.com/7565239-seconddegree-trespassing.htm…
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“By February 2005, he was arrested by officers from the Cortez Police Department for attempted murder using a gun.”
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The provided evidence consists of general Wikipedia and timeanddate.com entries about the month of February, not the specific arrest of Michael Mott.
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web search NEUTRAL — February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The month has 28 days in common years and 29 in leap years, with the 29th day being called the leap day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February
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web search NEUTRAL — February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian calendar. It is the shortest month with only 28 days in common years and 29 days in leap years.
https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/months/february.html
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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 30, 2026 · From an English duke drowned in a wine barrel to snowfall in the Saharan desert, February has brought its share of eye-opening moments. For being the year’s shortest month, February sur…
https://www.history.com/articles/february-month-history-fact…
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“He pleaded down to second-degree assault causing serious bodily injury with a deadly weapon in that case, and was slapped with six years behind bars.”
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The provided evidence consists of dictionary definitions for the word 'regarding', not information about a legal plea or sentence for Michael Mott.
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of REGARDING is with respect to : concerning. How to use regarding in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regarding
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web search NEUTRAL — (Definition of regarding from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/regardin…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 19, 2024 · The phrase regarding to is incorrect. Many learners of English mistakenly use it, likely due to confusion with similar-sounding expressions such as with regard to or in regard to.
https://www.masteringgrammar.com/2024/09/regarding-or-regard…
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“While in prison, he was charged with felony assault using a weapon once again.”
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One source mentions that authorities said Mott was a 'career criminal', but it does not explicitly detail a felony assault charge while in prison. Another result mentions a different Michael Mott in Oxford assaulting a novelist, which is a different person.
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web search NEUTRAL — The trespasser who walked in front of the Frontier Airlines plane on the Denver Airport runway has been identified a 41-year-old Michael Mott. Officials determined his cause of death to be suicide. Au…
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/man-who-walked-fron…
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web search NEUTRAL — A couple involved in a confrontation with a mother and daughter outside a Chipotle in Orion Township have been charged with felonious assault, according to t...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skGh_5tVJZg
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web search NEUTRAL — The suspect, Michael Mott, 34, of Oxford, who turned himself in on Monday evening, confessed to assaulting the author, Colum McCann, outside the Study Hotel here on June 28, the police said. Mr. McCan…
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/09/nyregion/man-charged-with…
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“His other violent crimes included domestic violence, felony menacing and assault in 2010”
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No evidence was found after searching for these specific crimes in 2010.
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“second-degree burglary in 2016”
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No evidence was found after searching for a second-degree burglary charge in 2016.
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“felony assault on a peace officer in 2020.”
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