DETROIT -- A Spirit Airlines passenger has been jailed after a fellow passenger says she was sexually assaulted while asleep on a flight from Las Vegas to Detroit.
A federal criminal complaint shows Prabhu Ramamoorthy is charged with aggravated sexual abuse.
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The 22-year-old woman told authorities that she was in a window seat and awoke to a man sexually assaulting her. She said her pants and blouse were unbuttoned.
The complaint says Ramamoorthy told an FBI agent that he tried to touch the woman inappropriately.
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Ramamoorthy was arrested and arraigned Wednesday after the plane landed at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus.
He appeared Thursday in U.S. District Court in Detroit for a detention hearing. A Jan. 17 preliminary examination has been set.
Prabhu Ramamoorthy, 34. (Wayne County Sheriff's Office)