Another TSA employee faces child porn charges [merged threads]
Nov 2, 2011, 4:19 am
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Another TSA employee faces child porn charges [merged threads]
Former OIA (MCO) TSA employee faces child porn charges
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...,7575799.story
It is curious that the crimes occurred while he was working as a screener for TSA but he was terminated prior to his arrest. It appears that TSA may have known about the crimes but failed to notify police.
This is the tenth screener arrested this year for child sex crimes and the second one from MCO. This is particularly disturbing since MCO serves Disney World and there is higher percentage of children passing through that airport than most others.
The complete list is below.
Former OIA (MCO) TSA employee faces child porn charges
An Orange County man faces child porn charges, records show, stemming from images authorities say he possessed while working as a TSA employee at Orlando International Airport. A Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman said that Paul David Rains, 62, no longer works for the agency, as of Monday. He was arrested at his home on Havasu Drive about 1:30 p.m. Records show a Florida Department of Law Enforcement agent investigating suspected child-porn distribution in Orange County served a search warrant at Rains' home on Aug. 3.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...,7575799.story
Md. TSA Agent Charged With Child Porn
A Transportation Security Administration security officer is out on bail after he was arrested and charged with child pornography. Michael Scott Wilson, 41, has been suspended from his job following the arrest. Wilson was charged Monday with possession and distribution of child pornography after agents searched his Perry Hall home.
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/29447697/detail.html
TSA Agent Charged With Statutory Rape
A TSA agent has been arrested in Rutherford County on charges of statutory rape. Clifton Lyles was arrested by U.S. Marshals Tuesday night, following a grand jury indictment. Lyles worked at Nashville International Airport. Details about what led to his arrest were not released. His bond was set at $10,000.
http://www.wtvf.com/story/15510568/t...statutory-rape
Former TSA employee faces child pornography charge
A Beverly man and former TSA employee arrested on child pornography charges appeared in federal court on Friday. Andrew W. Cheever, 33, appeared before on a complaint charging him with possession of child pornography.
http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/...harge-20110902
DA charges Spring Creek TSA Screener with Lewdness & Child Molestation
The Elko County Sheriff’s Office was notified in July of possible sexual contact between David Ralph Anderson, 61, and a girl younger than 14. Anderson allegedly taught the victim about various sexual acts and had sexual contact in the form of touching each other’s genitals. Anderson, who is a TSA employee according to Elko County Jail records, is being held on $250,000 bail.
http://elkodaily.com/news/local/arti...#ixzz1WFsKaz7C
http://elkodaily.com/news/local/arti...cc4c002e0.html
TSA employee accused of kidnap, assault
A TSA employee remained hospitalized today after being accused of kidnapping a young female in Atlanta, then taking her to his Hogansville residence and sexually assaulting her. Randall Scott King, whose age and street address were not given, abducted the woman Wednesday evening from a MARTA parking lot in southwest Atlanta, police said.
http://lagrangenews.com/view/full_st...idnap--assault
PHL TSA Screener Charged with Child Pornography
A passenger screener at Philadelphia International Airport is facing charges that he distributed more than 100 images of child pornography via Facebook, records show. Federal agents also allege that Transportation Safety Administration Officer Thomas Gordon Jr. of Philadelphia, who routinely searched airline passengers, uploaded explicit pictures of young girls to an Internet site on which he also posted a photograph of himself in his TSA uniform.
http://nation.foxnews.com/tsa/2011/0...#ixzz1WFtnfBew
http://nation.foxnews.com/tsa/2011/0...ld-pornography
Orlando TSA agent arrested for molestation
A TSA agent has been arrested and charged with lewd and lascivious molestation of a minor after police say he tried to keep a girl as a sex slave. Police arrested 57-year-old Charles Bennett of Winter Garden on Friday. A 15-year-old girl was the one who reported him to police. According to reports from the Orange County Sheriff's Office and the Orange County Jail, the 15-year-old victim confided in her caregivers that Bennett had touched her inappropriately three years ago when she was 12. She says he also asked the young girl to be his "sex slave," an accusation investigators say Bennett admitted to in a written statement to police.
http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news...r_molestation-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfhJJdmRXkQ
TSA Agent Arrested for Rape in Londonderry NH
A TSA employee who worked at Manchester Boston Regional Airport has been arrested on five counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault, according to police.
Police arrested Dwayne Valerio, 44, at his 192 Rockingham Road home on Friday, March 18, according to Lt. Robert Michaud. Police released few details on what led to his arrest, citing the alleged victim's age. "The victim is a juvenile," he said.
http://www.eagletribune.com/latestne...th-sex-assault
http://www.eagletribune.com/newhamps...325/Police-Log
Logan employee accused of raping 14-year-old girl
A Transportation Security Administration worker at Logan International Airport is accused of assaulting a 14-year-old girl. Sean Shanahan, 45, of Winthrop is being held on $50,000 cash bail following his arraignment in East Boston District Court. He is charged with statutory rape, enticement of a child and indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or older.
http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/l...ston/BO137343/
http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/l...#ixzz1WFwSlFDq
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAZaYO2Zz1E
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...,7575799.story
It is curious that the crimes occurred while he was working as a screener for TSA but he was terminated prior to his arrest. It appears that TSA may have known about the crimes but failed to notify police.
This is the tenth screener arrested this year for child sex crimes and the second one from MCO. This is particularly disturbing since MCO serves Disney World and there is higher percentage of children passing through that airport than most others.
The complete list is below.
Former OIA (MCO) TSA employee faces child porn charges
An Orange County man faces child porn charges, records show, stemming from images authorities say he possessed while working as a TSA employee at Orlando International Airport. A Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman said that Paul David Rains, 62, no longer works for the agency, as of Monday. He was arrested at his home on Havasu Drive about 1:30 p.m. Records show a Florida Department of Law Enforcement agent investigating suspected child-porn distribution in Orange County served a search warrant at Rains' home on Aug. 3.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...,7575799.story
Md. TSA Agent Charged With Child Porn
A Transportation Security Administration security officer is out on bail after he was arrested and charged with child pornography. Michael Scott Wilson, 41, has been suspended from his job following the arrest. Wilson was charged Monday with possession and distribution of child pornography after agents searched his Perry Hall home.
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/29447697/detail.html
TSA Agent Charged With Statutory Rape
A TSA agent has been arrested in Rutherford County on charges of statutory rape. Clifton Lyles was arrested by U.S. Marshals Tuesday night, following a grand jury indictment. Lyles worked at Nashville International Airport. Details about what led to his arrest were not released. His bond was set at $10,000.
http://www.wtvf.com/story/15510568/t...statutory-rape
Former TSA employee faces child pornography charge
A Beverly man and former TSA employee arrested on child pornography charges appeared in federal court on Friday. Andrew W. Cheever, 33, appeared before on a complaint charging him with possession of child pornography.
http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/...harge-20110902
DA charges Spring Creek TSA Screener with Lewdness & Child Molestation
The Elko County Sheriff’s Office was notified in July of possible sexual contact between David Ralph Anderson, 61, and a girl younger than 14. Anderson allegedly taught the victim about various sexual acts and had sexual contact in the form of touching each other’s genitals. Anderson, who is a TSA employee according to Elko County Jail records, is being held on $250,000 bail.
http://elkodaily.com/news/local/arti...#ixzz1WFsKaz7C
http://elkodaily.com/news/local/arti...cc4c002e0.html
TSA employee accused of kidnap, assault
A TSA employee remained hospitalized today after being accused of kidnapping a young female in Atlanta, then taking her to his Hogansville residence and sexually assaulting her. Randall Scott King, whose age and street address were not given, abducted the woman Wednesday evening from a MARTA parking lot in southwest Atlanta, police said.
http://lagrangenews.com/view/full_st...idnap--assault
PHL TSA Screener Charged with Child Pornography
A passenger screener at Philadelphia International Airport is facing charges that he distributed more than 100 images of child pornography via Facebook, records show. Federal agents also allege that Transportation Safety Administration Officer Thomas Gordon Jr. of Philadelphia, who routinely searched airline passengers, uploaded explicit pictures of young girls to an Internet site on which he also posted a photograph of himself in his TSA uniform.
http://nation.foxnews.com/tsa/2011/0...#ixzz1WFtnfBew
http://nation.foxnews.com/tsa/2011/0...ld-pornography
Orlando TSA agent arrested for molestation
A TSA agent has been arrested and charged with lewd and lascivious molestation of a minor after police say he tried to keep a girl as a sex slave. Police arrested 57-year-old Charles Bennett of Winter Garden on Friday. A 15-year-old girl was the one who reported him to police. According to reports from the Orange County Sheriff's Office and the Orange County Jail, the 15-year-old victim confided in her caregivers that Bennett had touched her inappropriately three years ago when she was 12. She says he also asked the young girl to be his "sex slave," an accusation investigators say Bennett admitted to in a written statement to police.
http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news...r_molestation-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfhJJdmRXkQ
TSA Agent Arrested for Rape in Londonderry NH
A TSA employee who worked at Manchester Boston Regional Airport has been arrested on five counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault, according to police.
Police arrested Dwayne Valerio, 44, at his 192 Rockingham Road home on Friday, March 18, according to Lt. Robert Michaud. Police released few details on what led to his arrest, citing the alleged victim's age. "The victim is a juvenile," he said.
http://www.eagletribune.com/latestne...th-sex-assault
http://www.eagletribune.com/newhamps...325/Police-Log
Logan employee accused of raping 14-year-old girl
A Transportation Security Administration worker at Logan International Airport is accused of assaulting a 14-year-old girl. Sean Shanahan, 45, of Winthrop is being held on $50,000 cash bail following his arraignment in East Boston District Court. He is charged with statutory rape, enticement of a child and indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or older.
http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/l...ston/BO137343/
http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/l...#ixzz1WFwSlFDq
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAZaYO2Zz1E
Nov 2, 2011, 11:08 am
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Why doesn't TSA's BDO force hone their skills by talking to their own employees? Or is it that there's so much crime among their ranks, that each BDO's "spidey sense" would be going off like crazy?
What is it with this agency and its continual moral character problems with employees? It doesn't seem like many other federal agencies continue to have these same sorts of widespread pervasive issues.
What is it with this agency and its continual moral character problems with employees? It doesn't seem like many other federal agencies continue to have these same sorts of widespread pervasive issues.
Nov 2, 2011, 3:00 pm
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Why doesn't TSA's BDO force hone their skills by talking to their own employees? Or is it that there's so much crime among their ranks, that each BDO's "spidey sense" would be going off like crazy?
What is it with this agency and its continual moral character problems with employees? It doesn't seem like many other federal agencies continue to have these same sorts of widespread pervasive issues.
What is it with this agency and its continual moral character problems with employees? It doesn't seem like many other federal agencies continue to have these same sorts of widespread pervasive issues.
Nov 3, 2011, 10:38 pm
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Evidence links TSA official to killing
http://www.sunherald.com/2011/11/02/...ficial-to.html
I'm Shocked, I tell you, SHOCKED!
Wright had recently been promoted to supervisory transportation security officer at the Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport.
I'm Shocked, I tell you, SHOCKED!
Dec 30, 2011, 12:36 pm
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Linked on Drudge: "TSA Worker Caught Downloading Child Pornography"
IMHO this Infowars opinion piece is worth reading:
http://www.infowars.com/tsa-worker-c...d-pornography/
Federal agency tasked with groping travelers is a recruiting ground for perverts
Yet another TSA screener has been exposed as a pervert after police raided the Maryland home of 41-year-old TSA screener Scott Wilson and discovered videos and photos of child pornography contained on over two dozen different storage devices.
Yet another TSA screener has been exposed as a pervert after police raided the Maryland home of 41-year-old TSA screener Scott Wilson and discovered videos and photos of child pornography contained on over two dozen different storage devices.
Dec 31, 2011, 6:31 am
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A recap of TSA employee Child Porn issues can be found here.
http://tsanewsblog.com/603/news/the-...dator-problem/
http://tsanewsblog.com/603/news/the-...dator-problem/
Dec 31, 2011, 7:16 am
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Too bad this broke on a Friday, and a holiday weekend at that. There's a chance for the spindoctors to just duck this one completely.
At some point it's gotta start getting difficult for the spokesholes to defend against stories like these.
At some point it's gotta start getting difficult for the spokesholes to defend against stories like these.
Dec 31, 2011, 8:32 am
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What needs to happen is for fellow clerks, for whatever reason, to come forward to the media and spill their guts about this guy (and others). For example, it would be interesting to find out if this guy was ever on NoS voyeur duty or if he volunteered to frisk children.
Dec 31, 2011, 11:24 am
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Not really -- as we see on a daily basis on PV, the TSA has no ethics. It's real easy for them to simply repeat the same drivel over & over again while banking on Americans' short attention span.
What needs to happen is for fellow clerks, for whatever reason, to come forward to the media and spill their guts about this guy (and others). For example, it would be interesting to find out if this guy was ever on NoS voyeur duty or if he volunteered to frisk children.
What needs to happen is for fellow clerks, for whatever reason, to come forward to the media and spill their guts about this guy (and others). For example, it would be interesting to find out if this guy was ever on NoS voyeur duty or if he volunteered to frisk children.