A Florida man is accused of having teased a passenger on a Sunday flight between Houston and Albuquerque, then to have told the authorities that the President of the United States "has declared that he is a passenger. it was acceptable to seize women by their private parts "
Bruce Michael Alexander, 49, of Tampa, appeared for the first time in a federal court Monday in Albuquerque under the charge of improper sexual contact. We did not know immediately if he had a lawyer.
According to a criminal complaint, a woman reportedly told authorities that the man behind her had touched her twice and that she had told him to stop and had asked to change her seat.
Alexander recalled in a written statement only that the woman in front of him had spoken to him and then changed his seat.
Alexander remains in custody pending a preliminary hearing and a detention hearing scheduled for Tuesday.
This is the second similar incident of last week, reported the Albuquerque Journal.
Justin Riley Brafford, 29, of Denton, Texas, was arrested on October 16, according to the newspaper. The authorities said that he would not stop touching a woman, played a foot on him and asked him to go out with him. The pilot diverted the flight to Albuquerque.
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