<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">A county sheriff was ordered off a United Express flight because he was being belligerent and frightening passengers, an airline spokeswoman said.

Siskiyou County Sheriff Charlie Byrd, 54, "said some very profane things" when a security guard told him he had been randomly selected for further security checks, said Sabrena Suite, spokeswoman for SkyWest Airlines, which operates some United Express flights on the West Coast.</font>