TSA Agent Convicted of Tricking Woman Into Showing Him Her Breasts at LAX

Authored by nbcphiladelphia.com and submitted by LETTERMANIAC

A former Transportation Security Administration agent who was accused of tricking a traveler into showing her breasts as she went through security at Los Angeles International Airport pleaded no contest Friday to false imprisonment, authorities said.

Johnathon Lomeli entered the plea to a felony count and was sentenced to 60 days in county jail, 52 classes addressing sexual compulsion and two years of probation, California’s attorney general’s office announced.

Lomeli was also barred from working as a security guard.

Lomeli was charged with using fraud or deceit to falsely imprison the woman in June 2019.

The woman told investigators that Lomeli told her he had to look inside her bra to ensure she wasn’t hiding anything, had her hold her pants away from her waist for a check, and then said he would take her to a private room for further security screening, prosecutors said.

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But when they were alone on an elevator, Lomeli told the woman he could perform the screening there and ordered her to lift her shirt and show her breasts, then looked down her pants, she said.

Lomeli then told the woman she was free to go and added that she had nice breasts, authorities said.

gotham77 on February 5th, 2021 at 15:52 UTC »

The 9/11 Commission was adamant that TSA should be treated as a gateway to law enforcement jobs with high pay and high standards for entry, and that it would be a a pointless waste of resources otherwise.

So what did we get? We got the pointless waste of resources. TSA jobs pay shit and when jobs pay shit they have low standards for entry.

fencerman on February 5th, 2021 at 15:51 UTC »

Oh for fuck's sake. "Tricking" makes it sound like she was some naive dupe.

He was abusing his power to sexually assault a woman.

She cooperated because airports make it extremely clear that ANY resistance will mean being detained, missing your flight, facing criminal charges, or worse.

Cuttis on February 5th, 2021 at 12:29 UTC »

Are male agents allowed to search female passengers? Serious question as I have not flown for several years