Fake screener probes female passengers at SFO-Update- man ID'ed as Private equity firm partner

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A man suspected of being drunk posed as a security screener at San Francisco International Airport long enough to direct a couple of women into a private booth for pat downs before real security staffers caught on to him, authorities said Wednesday.

The 53-year-old San Francisco man was arrested on suspicion of public drunkenness after creating a stir at the A-side security checkpoint of the International Terminal about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, said Sgt. Wesley Matsuura of the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office.

Authorities are investigating whether the man should be booked on other counts, such as false imprisonment.

Matsuura would not give the man’s name, saying the case has gone hush-hush since the federal Transportation Security Administration, which oversees airport security, took over the investigation into how the breach happened.

Two other airport law enforcement sources tell us the incident started when the man entered the security area wearing khaki pants, a blue polo shirt and blue rubber gloves — an outfit that might have been mistaken for those worn by screeners with the private Covenant security firm.

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Update: SFO’s alleged fake screener is a high-powered financier
The allegedly drunk man suspected of posing as a security screener at San Francisco International Airport long enough to direct a couple of women into a private booth for pat-downs has been identified as a private-equity executive with a big-time international resume.

Eric McLean Slighton, 53, who has addresses in both San Francisco and Hong Kong, was arrested on suspicion of public drunkenness following the bizarre episode at the A-side security checkpoint of the International Terminal about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to law enforcement sources.

At the time he was detained, Slighton was carrying business cards from Aktis Capital Singapore, a private equity firm that lists him as one of the firm’s four partners.

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[Renew Deal]

1. Was he wearing a "Free Breast Exam" T-shirt?

[onecent]

8. No I think he was wearing a "Free mustache rides" t-shirt!!! This guy

needs to get a serious fine or time for this...or there will just be more and more of itl

[LibertyLover]

2. Covenant security?

That sounds like a faith-based, and perhaps closely held, corporation. I hate the idea that airport security is being handled by private companies.

[redqueen]

3. ugh

[Heidi]

4. Kick!!!

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

5. Suspicion of "creating a stir?"

Is that an actual crime, right along with "Conspiracy to Cause a Ruckus?"

[Orrex]

9. Slightly less severe than "Inciting a fracas."

[GliderGuider]

10. But not as bad as committing shenanigans... /nt

[Orrex]

12. Ok, that's enough.

Or I'll have you arrested for tom-foolery.

[Comrade Grumpy]

13. Sounds like hooliganism to me.

[Orrex]

14. Actually, I think that might be a real crime

Way to get all legalistic on us, Grumpy.

[n2doc]

6. kick n/t

[DirkGently]

7. Khaki pants + Blue Polo + Rubber gloves = Bad news.

[hack89]

11. Rubber gloves + doctor with short stubby fingers = even worse news. nt

[redqueen]

15. A rich guy? He'll get a slap on the wrist.

I'm sure most of the LEOs and everyone else around him are making jokes about it, too.

Fucking hilarious stuff.

[flamingdem]

16. Only in San Francisco

agree he won't face much of a penalty..

[Aerows]

17. Ick. n/t