[KarlInOhio]

Carl William Persing and his girlfriend were seen "embracing, kissing and acting in a manner that made other passengers uncomfortable"

If this is the same case I heard of, then "acting in a manner that made other passengers uncomfortable" was a lot more than embracing and kissing. Another article described it as "His face was in her crotch, face down. She was giggling and obviously enjoying what was going on."

[DJ MacWoW]

then "acting in a manner that made other passengers uncomfortable" was a lot more than embracing and kissing.

Yup

At one point, Persing had his face planted on Sewell's lower body area,

Jury deliberates in case of affectionate passengers