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Denver airport trespasser Michael Mott’s criminal past revealed, chilling mugshots emerge after he was mangled by jet engine
By Georgia Worrell Published May 12, 2026, 4:43 p.m. ET
Michael Mott, who was dismembered by a Frontier Airlines jet engine during a twisted suicide mission
at Denver International Airport, had a dark criminal past.
Montezuma County Sheriff's Office
Mott racked up over 20 arrests in Colorado dating back to 2002.
Colorado Springs Police Department
The Denver airport trespasser who was dismembered by a jet engine after he calmly stepped in front of a Frontier flight had a dark criminal past, The Post can reveal.
Michael Mott, 41, racked up over 20 arrests in Colorado dating back to 2002 — including for attempted murder.
One of his mug shots show him with a bandaid on his forehead and a gash on his neck.
His most recent arrest was for felony trespassing just one month before he jumped the fence at Denver International in an attempt suicide mission.
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, officials said Tuesday.
It wasn’t immediately clear why the Pueblo-native was walking free after he was nabbed on April 10 for first-degree trespassing and damaging property at a Colorado Springs dwelling, then resisting arrest when cops arrived.
Starting when he was just 17, Mott was repeatedly arrested for minor infractions like shoplifting and underage alcohol consumption – but within just a couple of years, he had devolved into a hardened, violent criminal, his public rap sheet shows.
By February 2005, he was arrested by officers from the Cortez Police Department for attempted murder using a gun.
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.
While in prison, he was charged with felony assault using a weapon once again.
His other violent crimes included domestic violence, felony menacing and assault in 2010; second-degree burglary in 2016 and felony assault on a peace officer in 2020.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/12/us-news/denver-airport-trespasser-michael-motts-criminal-past-revealed-as-photos-emerge-after-he-was-mangled-by-jet-engine/
By Georgia Worrell Published May 12, 2026, 4:43 p.m. ET
Michael Mott, who was dismembered by a Frontier Airlines jet engine during a twisted suicide mission
at Denver International Airport, had a dark criminal past.
Montezuma County Sheriff's Office
Mott racked up over 20 arrests in Colorado dating back to 2002.
Colorado Springs Police Department
The Denver airport trespasser who was dismembered by a jet engine after he calmly stepped in front of a Frontier flight had a dark criminal past, The Post can reveal.
Michael Mott, 41, racked up over 20 arrests in Colorado dating back to 2002 — including for attempted murder.
One of his mug shots show him with a bandaid on his forehead and a gash on his neck.
His most recent arrest was for felony trespassing just one month before he jumped the fence at Denver International in an attempt suicide mission.
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, officials said Tuesday.
It wasn’t immediately clear why the Pueblo-native was walking free after he was nabbed on April 10 for first-degree trespassing and damaging property at a Colorado Springs dwelling, then resisting arrest when cops arrived.
Starting when he was just 17, Mott was repeatedly arrested for minor infractions like shoplifting and underage alcohol consumption – but within just a couple of years, he had devolved into a hardened, violent criminal, his public rap sheet shows.
By February 2005, he was arrested by officers from the Cortez Police Department for attempted murder using a gun.
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.
While in prison, he was charged with felony assault using a weapon once again.
His other violent crimes included domestic violence, felony menacing and assault in 2010; second-degree burglary in 2016 and felony assault on a peace officer in 2020.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/12/us-news/denver-airport-trespasser-michael-motts-criminal-past-revealed-as-photos-emerge-after-he-was-mangled-by-jet-engine/
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