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12-03-2010, 08:16 AM
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TSA Worker Accused Of Assault Had Prior Record - News Story - WSB Atlanta
TSA Worker Accused Of Assault Had Prior Record
ATLANTA -- Channel 2 Action News has learned a TSA security worker accused of abducting and sexually assaulting a woman had previously been convicted of misdemeanor harassment and stalking.
Randall King remains hospitalized following a suicide attempt. Police said last Wednesday, King agreed to drive a woman home from the airport. Instead, investigators said King took her to a MARTA station parking lot and placed novelty handcuffs on her.
TSA Worker Accused Of Assault Has Troubled Past
Investigators said he drove her 50 miles away to his home in Troup County and sexually assaulted her. The woman told police that King gave her a suicide note, his car and let her go, investigators said.
A spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration said privacy laws precluded him from releasing any background information on King.
Channel 2 Action News reporter Tom Regan reviewed court records from Clinton County, Pennsylvania. According to the records, King was charged with nine offenses of harassment and stalking by communication in January 2001. A court clerk told Regan that King pleaded guilty and spent three months in jail for skipping a court appearance.
TSA has a long list of “disqualifying offenses” for employment at the federal agency that operates airport security. Those offenses include felonies, violent crimes, theft, and crimes involving security and transportation. Regan checked the list and found that it did not include misdemeanor offenses of harassing and stalking.
Brent Brown, a security expert who runs a company in Smyrna, told Regan that he believes a job candidate with a record of stalking should not be hired by the TSA.
“This type of misdemeanor, this is harassment. You’re putting a person in a public area. I would say that would disqualify him for employment,” said Brown.
Hogansville police told Channel 2 Action News that they have prepared warrants on the 49-year-old airport security worker but would not specify the nature of the charges.
TSA Worker Accused Of Assault Had Prior Record
ATLANTA -- Channel 2 Action News has learned a TSA security worker accused of abducting and sexually assaulting a woman had previously been convicted of misdemeanor harassment and stalking.
Randall King remains hospitalized following a suicide attempt. Police said last Wednesday, King agreed to drive a woman home from the airport. Instead, investigators said King took her to a MARTA station parking lot and placed novelty handcuffs on her.
TSA Worker Accused Of Assault Has Troubled Past
Investigators said he drove her 50 miles away to his home in Troup County and sexually assaulted her. The woman told police that King gave her a suicide note, his car and let her go, investigators said.
A spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration said privacy laws precluded him from releasing any background information on King.
Channel 2 Action News reporter Tom Regan reviewed court records from Clinton County, Pennsylvania. According to the records, King was charged with nine offenses of harassment and stalking by communication in January 2001. A court clerk told Regan that King pleaded guilty and spent three months in jail for skipping a court appearance.
TSA has a long list of “disqualifying offenses” for employment at the federal agency that operates airport security. Those offenses include felonies, violent crimes, theft, and crimes involving security and transportation. Regan checked the list and found that it did not include misdemeanor offenses of harassing and stalking.
Brent Brown, a security expert who runs a company in Smyrna, told Regan that he believes a job candidate with a record of stalking should not be hired by the TSA.
“This type of misdemeanor, this is harassment. You’re putting a person in a public area. I would say that would disqualify him for employment,” said Brown.
Hogansville police told Channel 2 Action News that they have prepared warrants on the 49-year-old airport security worker but would not specify the nature of the charges.
12-03-2010, 08:21 AM
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12-03-2010, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by mmaviator
12-15-2010, 08:06 AM
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Foreign Object ON Bottom of Shoe
Gross but true.
Last week we dropped our dog off at the vet for three days boarding then left for the airport. Once we reached the screening line my wife took her shoes off and discoverd a large clump of dog crap on the bottom of her shoe.
We couldn't leave the security area so she put her shoes through the TSA Xray screening. They passed inspection.
Once inside, a ladies room cleaning solved the problem.
What if it was a hazardous material stuck to the bottom of the shoe ?
I guess a "smell test" would have passed us through if it had been caught.
Last week we dropped our dog off at the vet for three days boarding then left for the airport. Once we reached the screening line my wife took her shoes off and discoverd a large clump of dog crap on the bottom of her shoe.
We couldn't leave the security area so she put her shoes through the TSA Xray screening. They passed inspection.
Once inside, a ladies room cleaning solved the problem.What if it was a hazardous material stuck to the bottom of the shoe ?
I guess a "smell test" would have passed us through if it had been caught.
12-15-2010, 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by mmaviator
12-16-2010, 02:44 PM
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It might have gotten by security but your grandma's boobs didn't or the wheel chair bound hot gilf.
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