Sean5294

sounds like screening manager material right their

jkhuggins

It's also interesting that they got him not just for the theft, but for lying about it. If there's anything I've noticed over the last few years, it's that it's not the crime that gets you in nearly as much trouble as the cover-up (Martha Stewart, Kwame Kilpatrick, ...)

Boggie Dog

Point taken. I have to agree.

Could we just keelhaul the guy and be done with it?

N1120A

Rank-and-file government employees, with rare exception usually limited to certain "at the leisure of the President" type positions, have a property right in their employment and cannot be fired without cause. That is a protection most Americans don't have.

txrus

A few years ago @ BOS, after having gone thru the checkpoint, I discovered that my DL had disappeared. When I went back to the checkpoint, a female smurf immediately came over, slapped it down on the table in front of the supervisor I had been dealing with, & claimed she had 'found it in the ladies room'.

One problem-I hadn't been to the ladies room.

I guess this 'gee, look what I found' thing must be an unwritten smurf rule for trying to wiggle out of trouble when they are about to get caught red-handed...

Ari

Don't count your chickens . . . but it appears that if convicted, his guidelines range would be as follows:

Count 1: 18 U.S.C. § 654 § 2B1.1(a)(2) Base Offense Level............6
§ 3B1.3 Abuse of Position of Trust or Use of Special Skill..........+2

Count 2: 18 U.S.C. § 1001 § 2J1.2(a) Base Offense Level............ 14
§ 3B1.3 Abuse of Position of Trust or Use of Special Skill......... +2
Multiple Counts (Chapter 3D) § 3D1.1(a)(1)
Counts grouped as follows:
Group 1 is Count 1 (18 U.S.C. § 654), Count 2 (18 U.S.C. § 1001).

§ 3D1.1(a)(2) & 3D1.3 Offense levels applicable for each group:
Group 1................................................. ............16

Highest offense level............................................. ..16

§ 3D1.1(a)(3) Total units: 1 unit, increase of 0.
Breakdown: Group 1: 1 unit........................................ +16

So:
Zone.........D
Level........16
History......I (we will assume no significant criminal history)

Fine.........$5,000 – 50,000
Months.......21-27

I am not an expert nor a lawyer (perhaps a lawyer who understands this can chime in), but this is what I get. I could be waaaaayyyyy off, though-- if I made one misstep, the range could be totally different.

This does not include an enhancement for a vulnerable victim (disabled), which the judge can apply. It also does not reflect a reduction for acceptance of responsibility though often judges don't apply that, even in the case of a guilty plea, when a defendant lies during an investigation. It does reflect an enhancement for "Abuse of Position of Trust or Use of Special Skil". (No jokes about trusting the TSA, please ).

If he pleads to only the first count and the second count is dropped, he'll still get 6++ months in my lay opinion. It appears they are making an example of him by putting him in federal court. No more slaps on the wrist in state court for these criminals. ^^

We must remember, however, that he is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt (or pleading guilty) and a complaint is only an allegation. I imagine he will plead just like the other 95%++ of federal criminal defendants. When a crime is on tape, it isn't easy to get out of it.

On should note that he is in much more trouble for the lying count than for the stealing count.

. . . Jon Burge . . .

goalie

so he "palmed his gloves" with the woman's money cached in the palm of his gloves. too swift for a first offense and methinks good old leroy "i'm sworn to protect the united states and its citizens from their enemies both foreign domestic" ray has done this before. but this time he got caught ^.

Trollkiller

Place your bets for a plea bargain and a slap on the wrist.

Ari

What you consider a slap on the wrist I don't know, but I predict that there will be some prison time involved. I don't think they put forth the effort to try this in federal court just to do what any state court would do. We'll see.

So far I don't see an arrest or bond or anything, but it could have happened and not been posted yet.

767-322ETOPS

He looks very contrite in the Star Ledger photo

Ari

Here it is:

Looks like he was released on $1,000 bond today.

Spiff

"A few?" Looks like more and more get "caught" each month. Maybe that's why Workfare keeps increasing? To try to keep the ratio lower??

TSA = A national disgrace.

N830MH

Yeah! Shame on him!!! He could be arrested for that. He is inappropriate for the behaviors with someone who is touching the passenger's money. Good ridiculous to him! I was too ashamed for what he did to her. He could be disciplinary actions or subject to be termination from his jobs. How is possibility from TSA supervisor who is already being caught him at checkpoint on the security surveillance camera?

RadioGirl

IOW, TSA employs a lot of people; ~50,000 of them are hard-working and dedicated. The rest of them, not so much.

(Years ago, someone asked a colleague, "How many people work at your site?" He replied: "About half of 'em." )

SATTSO

When has this not been true? Haven't judges often taken into account wether or not someone is up front about what they did? Sometimes not, but many times yes. And judges are sure to point out in their sentencing when someone still denies it to the end.

What we can hope is if this person is guilty, when in prison he meets that man I saw in a movie long ago: Mr. Bend Over. I mean, seriously, stealing from someone in a wheel chair. Pretty low.