TSA Employees Hammered by COVID-19 Outbreak at LAX
A COVID-19 outbreak has hit Los Angeles International Airport, infecting at least 233 TSA employees and more than 150 workers at American and Southwest Airlines.
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Ex-TSA Officer Expected to Plead Guilty to Attempted Drug Smuggling Charge
A former TSA agent accused of smuggling what he believed was methamphetamine though Los Angeles International Airport is expected to plead guilty Friday.
Ex-TSA Agent Gets 60 Days in Jail for Tricking Woman into Showing Her Breasts at LAX
A former TSA agent charged with detaining a woman and tricking her into showing him her breasts in June 2019 has been sentenced to 60 days in jail and two years of probation.
TSA Officer Accused of Coercing Woman into Twice Bearing Her Breasts
A TSA officer is accused of coercing a female passenger into showering her breasts twice during a security screening at Los Angeles International Airpot.
CBP Seizes 28 Counterfeit NBA Rings at Los Angeles International Airport
The value of the rings, if genuine, is estimated at $560,000.
TSA Officers Killed in Line off Duty to Receive Same Death Benefits As Other Federal Law Enforcement Officers
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It’s not often that a TSA officer dies in the line of duty. In fact, TSA Officer Gerardo Hernandez, 39, became the first to die on Nov. 1 at Los Angeles International Airport. But Westside Today reports that the House Appropriations Committee this week approved a legislative amendment that would provide the…
DEA Busts T.S.A. Screeners at LAX for Letting Drugs Through Security
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com This time it was drugs slipping through security for a few thousand in bribes. Next time? Who knows? One federal prosecutor noted that next time it could be dangerous materials. The L.A. Times reports that the DEA has busted four former and current TSA agents at LAX. They allegedly accepted cash to…
Bomb Threat Note Found on Thai Flight to LA
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A jittery public continues to get a periodic reminder of the potential dangers of flying. The latest came Tuesday evening when Thai Airways flight 794 from Bangkok landed safely at Los Angeles International Airport after a bomb threat written in poorly worded English was discovered on a bathroom mirror, the Associated…