TSA Officer Accused Of Molesting Traveler In Latest Scandal To Hit Controversial Agency, A TSA officer accused of molesting a young woman in an airport bathroom is currently under investigation. According to reports, a Transportation Security Administration agent at New York's LaGuardia Airport was arrested after allegedly making a woman go with him to an airport bathroom. He had her believe that the reason was for a security search.
Officials identify the suspect as Maxie Oquendo, 40, Reuters reports. Joe Pentangelo, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, said that the TSA officer accused of abusing a 22-year-old woman was in uniform when he took her to an upstairs bathroom in the airport Tue. night. Pentangelo says: "Supposedly he took her into another area using his official position, being in uniform, and she thought it was a part of his official duty."
Oquendo was arrested by the Port Authority on Thr. and charged with forcible touching, official misconduct and unlawful imprisonment, he said. He's been fired by the TSA. TSA administrator, Peter Neffenger said this in a statement: "TSA is working in close partnership with the Port Authority Police Department in support of this investigation."
Officials identify the suspect as Maxie Oquendo, 40, Reuters reports. Joe Pentangelo, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, said that the TSA officer accused of abusing a 22-year-old woman was in uniform when he took her to an upstairs bathroom in the airport Tue. night. Pentangelo says: "Supposedly he took her into another area using his official position, being in uniform, and she thought it was a part of his official duty."
Oquendo was arrested by the Port Authority on Thr. and charged with forcible touching, official misconduct and unlawful imprisonment, he said. He's been fired by the TSA. TSA administrator, Peter Neffenger said this in a statement: "TSA is working in close partnership with the Port Authority Police Department in support of this investigation."
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