TSA Employee Faces Rape Charge Police Say Man Assaulted 14-Year-Old Girl
Mar 9, 2010, 12:47 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Florida
Posts: 3,006
TSA Employee Faces Rape Charge Police Say Man Assaulted 14-Year-Old Girl
TSA Employee Faces Rape Charge
Police Say Man Assaulted 14-Year-Old Girl
BOSTON -- A TSA employee at Logan International Airport is facing statutory rape charges Tuesday.
Sean Shanahan was arrested by police in Winthrop. Officials say he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl at his home during school vacation week.
Shanahan allegedly sent her sexually explicit text messages. TSA officials said Shanahan is no longer working at the airport.
"We can assure travelers every TSA employee is subject to a significant background check, including criminal history, before they are offered a job. Unfortunately, these checks do not predict future behavior," TSA officials said in a statement.
Shanahan was held on $50,000 bail following his arraignment and ordered to have no contact with the victim or any minors.
He is scheduled to return to court on April 5.
Police Say Man Assaulted 14-Year-Old Girl
BOSTON -- A TSA employee at Logan International Airport is facing statutory rape charges Tuesday.
Sean Shanahan was arrested by police in Winthrop. Officials say he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl at his home during school vacation week.
Shanahan allegedly sent her sexually explicit text messages. TSA officials said Shanahan is no longer working at the airport.
"We can assure travelers every TSA employee is subject to a significant background check, including criminal history, before they are offered a job. Unfortunately, these checks do not predict future behavior," TSA officials said in a statement.
Shanahan was held on $50,000 bail following his arraignment and ordered to have no contact with the victim or any minors.
He is scheduled to return to court on April 5.
Mar 9, 2010, 12:53 pm
#2
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Northeast Kansas | Colorado Native
Programs: Amex Gold/Plat, UA *G, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott LT Gold, NEXUS, TSA Disparager Unobtanium
Posts: 21,646
TSA Employee Faces Rape Charge
Police Say Man Assaulted 14-Year-Old Girl
BOSTON -- A TSA employee at Logan International Airport is facing statutory rape charges Tuesday.
Sean Shanahan was arrested by police in Winthrop. Officials say he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl at his home during school vacation week.
Shanahan allegedly sent her sexually explicit text messages. TSA officials said Shanahan is no longer working at the airport.
"We can assure travelers every TSA employee is subject to a significant background check, including criminal history, before they are offered a job. Unfortunately, these checks do not predict future behavior," TSA officials said in a statement.
Shanahan was held on $50,000 bail following his arraignment and ordered to have no contact with the victim or any minors.
He is scheduled to return to court on April 5.
Police Say Man Assaulted 14-Year-Old Girl
BOSTON -- A TSA employee at Logan International Airport is facing statutory rape charges Tuesday.
Sean Shanahan was arrested by police in Winthrop. Officials say he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl at his home during school vacation week.
Shanahan allegedly sent her sexually explicit text messages. TSA officials said Shanahan is no longer working at the airport.
"We can assure travelers every TSA employee is subject to a significant background check, including criminal history, before they are offered a job. Unfortunately, these checks do not predict future behavior," TSA officials said in a statement.
Shanahan was held on $50,000 bail following his arraignment and ordered to have no contact with the victim or any minors.
He is scheduled to return to court on April 5.
How disgusting!!!!! Don't worry, he had a backgroud check
Mar 9, 2010, 1:06 pm
#4
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: DFW
Posts: 28,232
TSA Employee Faces Rape Charge
Police Say Man Assaulted 14-Year-Old Girl
BOSTON -- A TSA employee at Logan International Airport is facing statutory rape charges Tuesday.
Sean Shanahan was arrested by police in Winthrop. Officials say he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl at his home during school vacation week.
Shanahan allegedly sent her sexually explicit text messages. TSA officials said Shanahan is no longer working at the airport.
"We can assure travelers every TSA employee is subject to a significant background check, including criminal history, before they are offered a job. Unfortunately, these checks do not predict future behavior," TSA officials said in a statement.
Shanahan was held on $50,000 bail following his arraignment and ordered to have no contact with the victim or any minors.
He is scheduled to return to court on April 5.
Police Say Man Assaulted 14-Year-Old Girl
BOSTON -- A TSA employee at Logan International Airport is facing statutory rape charges Tuesday.
Sean Shanahan was arrested by police in Winthrop. Officials say he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl at his home during school vacation week.
Shanahan allegedly sent her sexually explicit text messages. TSA officials said Shanahan is no longer working at the airport.
"We can assure travelers every TSA employee is subject to a significant background check, including criminal history, before they are offered a job. Unfortunately, these checks do not predict future behavior," TSA officials said in a statement.
Shanahan was held on $50,000 bail following his arraignment and ordered to have no contact with the victim or any minors.
He is scheduled to return to court on April 5.
Mar 9, 2010, 1:31 pm
#6
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 376
eh...all this shows is the limitations of background checks. I am not gonna blame the TSA for this sleazbag, look at some of the turncoats over the years in the CIA, FBI, etc. They passed background checks and went on to do horrible things.
The problem here is that the TSA treats background checks like the word of god not as simply another layer. Who is screening the screeners?
The problem here is that the TSA treats background checks like the word of god not as simply another layer. Who is screening the screeners?
Mar 9, 2010, 1:43 pm
#7
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Chicago
Posts: 11,513
Mar 9, 2010, 3:10 pm
#8
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: An NPR mind living in a Fox News world
Posts: 14,166
Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry8830/4.5.0.138 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/105)
The FBI or CIA don't feel compelled to reassure us everytime they arrest a spy or other scumbag in their midst.
I noted the articles quote from the TSA Spokeshole stating that he "is no longer working at the airport.". It doesn't say he was terminated.
There are enough "bad apples" to have made some pretty good rhuma-tiz medicine
Originally Posted by avsfan733
eh...all this shows is the limitations of background checks. I am not gonna blame the TSA for this sleazbag, look at some of the turncoats over the years in the CIA, FBI, etc. They passed background checks and went on to do horrible things.
The problem here is that the TSA treats background checks like the word of god not as simply another layer. Who is screening the screeners?
The problem here is that the TSA treats background checks like the word of god not as simply another layer. Who is screening the screeners?
I noted the articles quote from the TSA Spokeshole stating that he "is no longer working at the airport.". It doesn't say he was terminated.
There are enough "bad apples" to have made some pretty good rhuma-tiz medicine
Mar 9, 2010, 4:00 pm
#9
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Marriott or Hilton hot tub with a big drink <glub> Beverage: To-Go Bag™ DYKWIA: SSSS /rolleyes ☈ Date Night: Costco
Programs: Sea Shell Lounge Platinum, TSA Pre✓ Refusnik Diamond, PWP Gold, FT subset of the subset
Posts: 12,509
Mar 9, 2010, 4:01 pm
#10
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Northeast Kansas | Colorado Native
Programs: Amex Gold/Plat, UA *G, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott LT Gold, NEXUS, TSA Disparager Unobtanium
Posts: 21,646
Mar 9, 2010, 4:06 pm
#11
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Southern California
Posts: 898
Mar 9, 2010, 5:44 pm
#12
Moderator: Smoking Lounge; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: SFO
Programs: Lifetime (for now) Gold MM, HH Gold, Giving Tootsie Pops to UA employees, & a retired hockey goalie
Posts: 28,884
and (yet) another black eye for the tsa
ok so we have both
and
while i like the sound of the latter much better as the former can allude to being "re-assigned", i'm wondering which is correct and i thought the tsa never commented on situations like this out of covering their a$$ an abundance of privacy
TSA officials said Shanahan is no longer working at the airport.
Shanahan is no longer employed by the TSA.
Mar 9, 2010, 5:57 pm
#13
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: GNV which is not where we would like to be :)
Programs: ABP, Mr. Mom without the kids, Signor Mucci, DL PM, HH & Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 4,526
Mar 9, 2010, 5:58 pm
#14
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 3,004
"TSA cannot comment on an ongoing police investigation, however, we can assure travelers every TSA employee is subject to a significant background check, including criminal history, before they are offered a job. Unfortunately, these checks do not predict future behavior."
Comforting thoughts.
Kinda throws SPOT and background checks into questionable territory. and begs the question: What are you actually doing that makes travel any safer?
Comforting thoughts.
Kinda throws SPOT and background checks into questionable territory. and begs the question: What are you actually doing that makes travel any safer?
Mar 9, 2010, 6:45 pm
#15
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Programs: AA Gold AAdvantage Elite, Rapids Reward
Posts: 38,362
Yeah, remember Charles who met 14-years old girl in MCO? He has already gotten arrested by couple months ago. Don't you mentioned that you still remember where he met her onto myspace.com. He didn't appreciate it for his behavioral. He could be banned from Internet for rest his miserable life.
Now on, he is no longer work for TSA organizations. He has already termination from his job due to criminal background checks. So I couldn't not believe it what happens to him. He will spent in the prisons for rest of the life sentences.
Now on, he is no longer work for TSA organizations. He has already termination from his job due to criminal background checks. So I couldn't not believe it what happens to him. He will spent in the prisons for rest of the life sentences.