DENVER – A Colorado man accused of disrupting an Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to Denver by refusing to wear a mask and then standing in the cabin and urinating Before a federal charge of interference with a flight crew and servicemen carrying a maximum term of 20. years imprisonment and a possible fine of $ 250,000.
The FBI has arrested 24-year-old Landon Grier of Canon City after the flight landed on March 9, according to an affidavit filed in the U.S. District Court in Denver.
According to the affidavit of FBI Special Agent Martin Daniell III, who interviewed Grier and crew members, it appears that Grier tried to sleep but swore at a servant when she repeatedly asked him to put on his mask as required by the Federal Aviation Administration.
A passenger later called servants because Grier was traveling in his seat, Daniell wrote.
According to the agent, Grier told him he had a few beers and a few shots before boarding the flight, he fell asleep in the plane and woke up when the air hostess yelled at him.
“He said he had no recollection of hitting the flight attendant, and that he did not know if he was peeing,” Daniell said.
Grier made an initial court appearance on Thursday. A federal public defender has been appointed to represent him. He was released on $ 10,000 pending his next court appearance on March 26.
Public defenders did not comment on pending cases, and a call to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Denver for comment was not returned immediately late Friday.
In a statement, Alaska Airlines said, “We will not tolerate any disruption on board our aircraft or at any of the airports we serve.”
– The Associated Press