Shoe Bomb is no joking matter

ST. LOUIS -- A St. Louis man finds out the hard way that jokes about shoe bombs on planes will not be tolerated.
Michael Shafermeyer spent more than three days in jail after making what he says was a joke at Lambert Airport on Saturday. He tells KMOV-TV that he was flying to Maryland to get married and had a few drinks.
When a flight attendant asked him to close his laptop after boarding, Shafermeyer says he jokingly asked her, "Are you the one who checks for shoe bombs?"

Within minutes, federal agents removed him from the plane. He spent much of his time in the St. Louis County jail in solitary confinement.
Shafermeyer says he's charged with making a false bomb report.
He still plans to get married in Maryland. But he's taking the train to get there.