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A former TSA agent is accused of forcing a woman to expose her breasts during airport screening
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/08/us/tsa-agent-arrest-trnd/index.html
(CNN)A former Transportation Security Administration agent in California has been arrested after allegedly coercing a female passenger into showing her breasts during a security screening.
A criminal complaint was filed against 22-year-old Johnathon Lomeli alleging that he used fraud or deceit to falsely imprison a woman going through the security line at Los Angeles International Airport, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said in a news release.
Lomeli could not be reached for comment.
Lomeli was working at the document verification podium in June when he asked the woman to stand aside from everyone else in the security screening line because she didn't have any identification, according to the arrest affidavit.
The woman told investigators that Lomeli said she would need to go through a more rigorous screening process to verify her identification. Lomeli asked her to "lift out her shirt and lift out her pants" so he could see if she had anything inside, the affidavit said. After that, a female TSA officer arrived and completed a pat down. But Lomeli said the woman still needed to undergo a more intensive screening process, it said.
Following the pat down, in which the female TSA officer told the woman "she was good," the arrest affidavit said that Lomeli then guided the woman to a nearby elevator on the way to a private screening room.
(CNN)A former Transportation Security Administration agent in California has been arrested after allegedly coercing a female passenger into showing her breasts during a security screening.
A criminal complaint was filed against 22-year-old Johnathon Lomeli alleging that he used fraud or deceit to falsely imprison a woman going through the security line at Los Angeles International Airport, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said in a news release.
Lomeli could not be reached for comment.
Lomeli was working at the document verification podium in June when he asked the woman to stand aside from everyone else in the security screening line because she didn't have any identification, according to the arrest affidavit.
The woman told investigators that Lomeli said she would need to go through a more rigorous screening process to verify her identification. Lomeli asked her to "lift out her shirt and lift out her pants" so he could see if she had anything inside, the affidavit said. After that, a female TSA officer arrived and completed a pat down. But Lomeli said the woman still needed to undergo a more intensive screening process, it said.
Following the pat down, in which the female TSA officer told the woman "she was good," the arrest affidavit said that Lomeli then guided the woman to a nearby elevator on the way to a private screening room.
No, not all TSA agents. But there are definitely some abusers and perverts among them.
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