Updated: Reno man charged with fondling self on plane

DENVER (CO)
Reno Gazette-Journal

Written by
Jaclyn O’Malley

A Reno man flying to Denver fondled himself while using the airline’s wireless Internet to look at computer pornography, a Colorado federal criminal complaint outlines.

Daniel Drinan, 63, on Sept. 8 was fondling his exposed penis in front of a 29-year-old Southwest Airlines passenger and a 53-year-old flight attendant, court records filed Monday show. He was charged with obscene and indecent exposure committed on an airplane.

The court document said the passenger complained to the female flight attendant that Drinan was touching himself while watching pornography on his lap top. The woman said she saw him retrieve a bottle of lubricant from his bag. She was reseated after complaining. …

An FBI agent met Drinan at the gate at the Denver International Airport and interviewed him.

“I’m guilty of fondling myself in public,” the complaint quoted Drinan. “I’m sorry. I had no intention of doing anything that would offend people or break the law.”

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