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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Erin Keller

Alabama women facing federal assault charges after fight on board Carnival cruise ship

Two Alabama women pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal assault charges after a dispute aboard a Carnival cruise ship returning from the Bahamas escalated into a physical fight.

The dispute started near the end of the March cruise aboard the Carnival Spirit, which departed from Mobile, Alabama. Investigators said Tonya Nelson, 58, approached Lisa Horace, 51, and her husband at Guest Services on Deck 2, to let them know they were in the wrong line, according to FBI interview summaries cited by AL.com.

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