Nude United Airlines Pilot In DIA Hotel Window Faces Charges

DENVER, CO – A United Airlines pilot is accused of indecent exposure for allegedly standing naked in a hotel window at the Westin Hotel at Denver International Airport.

Andrew Collins, 54, of Leesburg, Virginia, is scheduled to appear in Denver County Court Dec. 5 for the misdemeanor charge.

The arrest happened on Sept. 20, when police burst into Collins's room at the Westin Hotel around 10:47 a.m. after complaints that he was seen naked at the open window of his room.

Police accused him of indecent exposure saying in an arrest affidavit that Collins "opened the window to his hotel room which overlooks the hotel plaza and in full view of the public, did stand in his window fully nude, exposing himself and his genitalia to the general public."

Collins told the Denver Post he had been working for 30 hours and was about to take a shower when he received a phone call.

“I was getting ready for a shower and was talking on the phone,” he said told the Post. “It was a beautiful morning and I opened the curtains to my window. I couldn’t see the terminal.”

But people in the terminal could see him, according to the affidavit. Police took complaints from two UAL employees and a passenger.

Collins was arrested and taken to a police lockup in DIA, he told the Denver Post.

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