Woman arrested after talking for 16 hours on mobile phone on train

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Passengers on a train complain that Lakeysha Beard talked for 16 hours in the designated quiet car.

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Woman arrested after talking for 16 hours on mobile phone on train - and rightly so.

A woman traveling on a train's quiet carriage refused for 16 hours to stop talking on her mobile phone. Lakeysha Beard was speaking loudly on her mobile phone on the journey between Oakland, California, and Portland, Oregon.

Passengers complained to train staff about Beard's talking, but the 39-year-old ignored requests for her to be quiet. Beard is then said to have been involved in a "verbal altercation", resulting in workers for train operator Amtrack calling police to come and remove her.

The train was called to a halt at a crossing just outside Salem, Oregon, where police boarded to remove the talkative traveler. She has now been charged with disorderly conduct.

Speaking after the incident Ms Beard said she felt "disrespected". She admitted to talking on her phone, but saw no reason why she should have been escorted from the train.

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