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TSA Agent Charged With Assaulting 79-Year-Old Passenger at Fort Lauderdale Airport

The TSA has suspended her pending a Broward County Sheriff’s Office investigation into the June incident

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (Shutterstock)
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Overview

  • Janiyah Wilson-Robinson, 21, was arrested Wednesday and charged with aggravated battery on a person 65 or older following the airport encounter
  • Prosecutors say she forcefully pushed the 79-year-old woman from Palm Beach Gardens, causing the passenger to fall and strike her forehead
  • The victim suffered minor bruising, received an ice pack at the scene and declined a hospital trip
  • Wilson-Robinson was released on a $1,000 bond and placed on administrative leave by the Transportation Security Administration
  • The TSA states it holds employees to the highest standards of professionalism and is fully cooperating with the ongoing investigation by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office