TSA Agents Accused of Theft: Unveiling Startling Surveillance Footage

It would be nice to think that employees of the Transportation Security Agency are all upstanding citizens who care about upholding the law and keeping our airports safe. Sadly, like with all law enforcement, that’s far from reality. Fortunately, there haven’t been any known incidents of TSA agents abusing their authority like running over a college student at high speed and laughing it off with their superiors. However, recently released footage seems to show a couple of TSA agents stealing from passengers as they go through security lines.

Insider reports the footage came from the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, but the three agents were actually arrested back in July. Since then, the charges against one of them appear to have been dropped. Labarrius Williams and Josue Gonzalez have both reportedly been charged with grand theft in the third degree. Williams’ trial is currently set to begin in October, while Gonzales has reportedly entered a deferred prosecution program that will likely lead to the charges against him being dropped.

The two were caught after the airport brought in local police to investigate the numerous theft reports at Miami International Airport’s Checkpoint E. Publicly released footage, as part of the discovery process, shows one agent taking an item from a tray and discreetly placing it into their pocket. In another video, an agent is seen removing a wallet from a bag, manipulating it, and then placing their hand in their pocket. One agent even allegedly took $600 from a different passenger’s wallet.

In a statement, the TSA expressed, “We thoroughly investigated these allegations of misconduct and shared our findings with the Miami-Dade Police Department. We are cooperating closely with them. Any employee who fails to meet our ethical standards is held accountable.”