A Florida man got drunk in a public airport and approached a mother and her little boy.
This happened Tuesday morning at Gate E6 of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
And you’ll be disgusted by what a drunk Florida man did to a mom and her 7-year-old son at the Fort Lauderdale Airport.
What Happened at Gate E6
Lawrence Kai Raben, 48, was sitting across from a family of three in the terminal shortly after 11:30 a.m. when he unbuttoned his pants in the middle of a public gate area.
Then it got worse.
He turned and urinated toward them.
The urine struck Brittany Purdy and her 7-year-old son directly.
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According to the arrest report, Deputy James Powell documented that “several other passengers were present in the immediate area at the time of the incident.”
“As Raben exposed himself and began urinating, the surrounding passengers dispersed from the area,” the report continued.
Nobody stopped him.
Nobody tackled him.
Raben, identified in published reports as a project manager for a kitchen remodeling company and a divorced father of two boys, was taken into custody shortly after.
“Raben unbuttoned his pants, exposed his pe**s, and began urinating in their direction,” the report read. “All three members of the Purdy family, including 7-year-old Purdy, observed Raben’s exposed pe**s during the incident.”
He faces charges of battery causing a person under 18 to come into contact with bodily fluids, battery, disorderly intoxication, and three counts of indecent exposure of sexual organs.
As of Thursday, he remained in Broward County Jail on a $5,000 total bond.
The Man Who Decides What Happens Next
The Broward Sheriff's Office arrested Raben and Deputy Powell documented everything properly.
That part of the system worked.
What happens next is up to Broward County State Attorney Harold Pryor – and his record is not encouraging.
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Pryor ran for office in 2020 on a platform of decarceration and criminal justice reform, endorsed by Color of Change PAC, the same radical left organization that has spent millions electing soft-on-crime prosecutors in cities across America.
He campaigned on ending cash bail for misdemeanor offenses and expanding diversion programs over prosecution.
He later directed local law enforcement to stop referring misdemeanor marijuana cases for prosecution.
Now a man who urinated on a 7-year-old child in a public airport – charged with battery involving a minor and three counts of indecent exposure – lands in Harold Pryor's courthouse.
That charge says this was not just a public nuisance – this was an assault on a child.
Pryor should treat it exactly that way.
This Is Not a Fluke
What happened at Gate E6 fits a pattern the mainstream media ignores.
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport has had a drunk naked man walk its terminals and try to breach security.
It has had a man scream about bombs while intoxicated.
It has had deportation flights disrupted by men destroying airplane bathrooms.
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The FAA reported over 1,163 unruly passenger incidents through August 2026 alone – and those are just the ones that got officially logged.
Airports have become places where certain people believe the normal rules of civilization simply do not apply.
A 7-year-old boy sitting with his mother at a gate waiting for a flight should be one of the safest possible situations in modern American life.
Instead, he got urinated on by a drunk stranger while other adults looked the other way.
He deserves a prosecutor who takes that seriously – not one whose career was built on making sure people like Lawrence Raben face as few consequences as possible.
Sources:
- Jessica A. Botelho, "Florida Man Accused of Exposing Himself and Urinating on Woman, 7-Year-Old Boy at Airport," The National News Desk, November 5, 2026.
- Patrick Reilly, "Drunk Flyer Exposes Himself at Gate – Then Urinates on a Mom and Her Young Son," New York Post, November 5, 2026.
- "Man Arrested For Latest Airport Affront," The Smoking Gun, November 4, 2026.
- "Through August, Here's How Much the FAA Has Fined Unruly Air Travel Passengers," Travel Pulse, 2026.
- "Broward County Will Elect Its First New Prosecutor in 44 Years," Bolts Magazine, August 11, 2020.
- "Broward to Stop Prosecuting Misdemeanor Marijuana Cases," WSVN, 2025.
