A Utah man groped a passenger on a flight, forcing the plane to land early so he could be arrested, the FBI says

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• The FBI says a Utah man groped another passenger on an American Airlines flight, forcing the plane to divert to Tulsa so he could be arrested.
• James Clayton Cholewinski-Boy, 32, was charged with abusive sexual contact on Friday.
• The FBI said Cholewinski touched the arm of a woman next to him, then grabbed her crotch.
• FBI received 63 reports of sexual assault on airline flights in fiscal 2018, up from 38 cases in fiscal 2014.
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TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A Utah man accused of groping another passenger on a Salt Lake City-bound American Airlines flight that diverted to Tulsa for his arrest has been charged with abusive sexual contact.

The man, identified in court records as James Clayton Cholewinski-Boy, 32, was charged by federal prosecutors Friday.

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