TSA agent arrested for allegedly attacking 79-year-old passenger at Florida airport

A Transportation Security Administration agent was arrested for allegedly assaulting a 79-year-old rider astatine Fort Lauderdale’s airport, with constabulary saying she was "forcefully pushing her," a study said. 

Janiyah Wilson-Robinson, 21, of Margate, was taken into custody Wednesday pursuing the incidental astatine Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, according to WPLG. 

The station, citing a Broward Sheriff’s Office arrest report, said Wilson-Robinson attacked the pistillate from Palm Beach Gardens by "forcefully pushing her," causing her to autumn to the crushed and deed her forehead. 

The passenger, who was astatine the airdrome that time traveling connected a JetBlue flight, suffered "minor bruising," deputies reportedly added. 

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Passengers enactment up astatine a information checkpoint operated by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) astatine Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport successful Fort Lauderdale, Fla., connected Nov. 23, 2010.  (Reuters/Joe Skipper)

It wasn’t wide what led to the alleged confrontation. 

The Broward Sheriff’s Office did not instantly respond Saturday to a petition for remark from Fox News Digital. 

The rider received an crystal battalion and declined a travel to a section hospital, WPLG reported. 

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A TSA cause wears a spot connected his azygous astatine the Miami International Airport connected Dec. 17, 2024 successful Miami, Fla.  (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Wilson-Robinson was charged with aggravated artillery connected a idiosyncratic 65 oregon older and was released connected a $1,000 bond. 

"The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is alert of the caller apprehension of 1 of our officers. TSA holds its employees to the highest standards of professionalism and integrity, and we bash not tolerate behaviour that violates these standards oregon the public’s trust," a TSA spokesperson told Fox News Digital.

Travelers check-in astatine the JetBlue antagonistic astatine Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) successful Fort Lauderdale, Fla., successful May 2022. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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"The idiosyncratic has been placed connected administrative permission pending further investigation. We are afloat cooperating with instrumentality enforcement authorities successful their investigation," the spokesperson added.