Colo. Man Harassed Women, Then Peed On Airplane Flight: FBI

BOULDER, CO -- A Colorado man faces federal charges after he allegedly sexually harassed several female passengers on an airline flight and then urinated in public on the plane.

Michael Allen Haag, 45, of Boulder, was arrested May 16 after his Frontier flight landed in Charleston, South Carolina. He was charged with felony interfering with a flight crew and misdemeanor indecent exposure, according to an FBI affidavit published by TheSmokingGun.

Haag, allegedly pounded double vodka and tonics as he sat between two female passengers on Flight F9864, which left Denver for Charleston, the affidavit states. One woman seated beside Haag told the FBI investigator Haag started up a conversation with her about the reason he was traveling to Charlotte: to visit an old girlfriend. He announced he was "physically excited," about the prospect. When the woman tried to put on headphones to ignore him, he kept asking increasingly personal questions, such as what her "deal" was, what kind of man she liked and how she got along with her husband. She told the FBI agent she was wearing shorts and a tank top and Haag "kept staring" at her chest and legs.

Then Haag turned his attentions to the other woman, who had been asleep with her head on the tray table. According to the arrest affidavit, Haag began to stroke her fingers and when she lifted her head, he pretended to ignore her. Then she felt him touching her leg twice, she told the FBI agent. Finally she yelled "Stop touching me!" and caught the attention of a flight attendant, who marched Haag to an empty row in the back of the plane. Both women told the FBI investigator they believed Haag was drunk and possibly high.

A third woman observed Haag in the back of the aircraft and saw him remove his seatbelt and then start to urinating on the seat in front of him. With her phone, she snapped a photo of Haag peeing.

She began to yell and a flight attendant arrived and once again removed Haag, this time to the front of the aircraft.

The FBI was contacted by fight crew in advance to remove Haag for being "intoxicated and unruly and urinating on the seat in front of him," the affidavit said.

When the plane landed around 9:15 p.m., Haag was taken into custody by officers of the Charleston Aviation Authority Police Department. He was released Friday with a $25,000 bond and ordered to stay in Colorado or North Carolina and to avoid excessive drinking, according to TSG.

If convicted, Haag could spend 20 years in prison.

Image via Charleston County Sheriff's Office