{"id":49076,"date":"2022-03-03T09:44:39","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T17:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=49076"},"modified":"2022-03-03T09:44:39","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T17:44:39","slug":"former-tsa-officer-facing-up-to-20-years-in-prison-for-allegedly-smuggling-methamphetamine-via-lax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=49076","title":{"rendered":"Former TSA Officer Facing Up to 20 Years in Prison for Allegedly Smuggling Methamphetamine via LAX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv9890011920MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>LOS ANGELES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9890011920MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8558 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/courtroom_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/courtroom_02.jpg 250w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/courtroom_02-45x35.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>A former Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer was arrested Wednesday on a federal criminal complaint alleging he smuggled\u202fwhat he believed was methamphetamine through Los Angeles International Airport<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9890011920MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In exchange, Michael Williams got a total of $8,000 in cash.\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9890011920MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Williams, 39, of Hawthorne, is charged with one count of attempting to distribute methamphetamine. He is expected to make his initial appearance this afternoon in United States District Court in Los Angeles.\u202f\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6759 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>If convicted, officials stated that Williams would face a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">He is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.\u202f\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9890011920MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">According to an affidavit filed with the complaint, authorities in 2020 conducted undercover operations involving Williams, whom they suspected of helping smuggle narcotics past security checkpoints at LAX.\u202f\u00a0During the operations, Williams allegedly met with a drug source to exchange methamphetamine in the days prior leading up to his shift at LAX.\u202f\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9890011920MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">As a TSA employee with unscreened access to LAX, Williams agreed to deliver the \u201cmethamphetamine\u201d in a backpack to the drug source\u2019s accomplice in the men\u2019s restroom on the secure side of the airport terminal.\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9890011920MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">After taking possession of what he believed was real narcotics, Williams allegedly transported an unscreened package containing the fake methamphetamine beyond the TSA screening area and delivered the package to another individual. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9890011920MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">This individual, whom Williams did not know was a federal agent, on both occasions exchanged $4,000 in cash in the stalls of the men\u2019s restroom in the airport\u2019s secure area.\u202f\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9890011920MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Williams was observed on LAX\u2019s security cameras exiting the restroom while wearing his TSA uniform en route to begin his shift screening passengers and luggage.\u202f\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES A former Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer was arrested Wednesday on a federal criminal 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