ALBUQUERQUE – Bruce Michael Alexander, 49, of Tampa, Fla., made an appearance Monday morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., on a criminal complaint charging him with abusive sexual contact.
The charge against Alexander arose out of an in-flight incident while traveling on a Southwest Airlines aircraft from Houston, Tex., to Albuquerque, on Oct. 21, 2018.
The FBI arrested Alexander on an abusive sexual contact charge at the Albuquerque International Sunport on Oct. 21, 2018. According to the criminal complaint in which Alexander is charged, Alexander allegedly had sexual contact with a female passenger by touching her breast while they were on a flight from Houston to Albuquerque.
The criminal complaint alleges that the sexual contact consisted of groping the victim, who was seated in the row in front of Alexander, leading the victim to request that flight attendants move her to a different seat.
He later told authorities that the president of the United States “says it’s OK to grab women by their private parts.”
A conviction on the abusive sexual contact charge carries a maximum penalty of two years of imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.
