PHOENIX — USA Today reports that a 61-year-old Colorado woman was arrested in Phoenix last Thursday on charges she groped a Transportation Security Administration airport security screener.

The woman, Yukari Mihamae, allegedly “refused to be go through passenger screening and became argumentative before she squeezed and twisted the agent’s breast with both hands,” the publication attributed to the Associated Press.

Police were called to the scene and said Mihamae admitted grabbing the agent at Phoenix Sky Harbor airport. Authorities say Mihamae continued to argue with officers on the scene and was arrested, USA Today reported. She faces a felony count of sexual abuse.

Public reaction has included sympathy for the alleged grabber.

MyFoxPhoenix noted “there’s been an outpouring of support for Mihamae, perhaps because the TSA is an agency that people love to hate, especially after receiving lots of criticism lately about their ‘invasive’ screening procedures.”

And USA Today reported that ABC News picked up on that theme, saying “Facebook groups have already been created to help the alleged breast grabber.”

According to the publication, the TSA, however, responded with a statement to ABC 7 News of Denver saying: “TSA officers work every day to protect the traveling public, and the agency will not tolerate assaults against its workforce.”