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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 02:36 PM
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Cops: TSA Worker Tried Making Girl 'Sex Slave'
Cops: TSA Worker Tried Making Girl 'Sex Slave'
Authorities Haven't Yet Disclosed Where Alleged Sex Crime Happened

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A federal Transportation Security Administration employee has been arrested in connection with the molestation of a girl, Orange County sheriff's deputies said. The man told investigators he planned to make her his "sex slave," according to the arrest report uncovered by Local 6.

According to jail records, Charles Henry Bennett, 57, works as a TSA employee at Orlando International Airport, and was booked into the Orange County Jail early Friday morning after a 15-year-old girl came forward claiming Bennett touched her inappropriately when she was 12, deputies said.

A TSA spokesperson reached late Saturday night said it would not be possible for her reveal whether Bennett’s employment status with the agency was impacted by his arrest until Monday at the earliest.

It’s unclear exactly where the alleged abuse took place and how Bennett and the girl met, because the arrest report detailing the abuse is heavily redacted. The report reveals, however, that the “protective investigation” that led to Bennett’s Friday arrest, was initiated after Florida’s Department of Children and Families was notified of the girl coming forward by her “house parents.”

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/22391933/detail.html
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Loge23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 03:57 PM
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1. Derogatory "Jeopardy" board sparks probe at TSA
from CNN.com:
(CNN) -- The Transportation Security Administration has launched an internal investigation into an air marshal field office in Florida where supervisors are alleged to have used a crew assignment board to ridicule and keep score on women, gays and minorities, sources told CNN.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/01/30/florida.tsa.investigation/index.html?hpt=T2
This is also from the Orlando field office. Wonder if Mr. Bennett was a contestant.

...as if I needed another reason to loathe this utterly incompetent agency.
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 04:20 PM
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3. and these are the dudes that are going ot handle naked bodies responsible manner
we set this failure up
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 06:23 PM
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6. incredible...
of course, this starts from the top...
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 04:04 PM
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2. These types of TSA stories are becoming common... the TSA needs to be disbanded
sooner rather than later.
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 04:21 PM
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4. as more and more power is given to them and in a more personal manner
eliminating more rights....
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Mike K Donating Member (539 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 05:55 PM
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5. Something Wrong With This:
I believe in throwing the book at child molesters but I want to see some evidence before publicizing such a damning allegation because girls have been known to lie about these things. To say someone is being investigated on a charge of molesting a child is to stigmatize that person whether or not the charge is ever substantiated.

Here a man is accused of "inappropriately touching" a 12 year-old girl three years in the past and of making a statement which, if true, might be little more than idle nonsense. Not enough information to be making public reports about.

If this fellow is guilty then rack his ass, but let's wait until he's convicted before making reports that can ruin his life even if he's innocent.
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Liquorice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 06:30 PM
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9. Something is wrong with your post. The child said it happened, and the
man said it happened, but that's not enough for you. Yes, there is something very wrong here.
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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 07:59 PM
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13. “He advised, in a written statement, he actually asked her to be his sex slave,” the report stated.
Edited on Sun Jan-31-10 08:00 PM by TexasObserver
He is also reported to have admitted "groping" the girl.

If that's true, it's molestation.
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 06:25 PM
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7. I dont understand what him being a TSA worker has to do with this story.
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Brickbat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 06:29 PM
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8. That's the first thing I thought of, too, although if he were cop I would want that mentioned pretty
high up. Maybe it's appropriate to mention, but it really seems to be focusing on the TSA part of it instead of the "creepy guy thinks he's entitled to molest teens" part of it.
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 06:31 PM
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10. Thats why I dont understand the reaction of the Foaming at the Mouth TSA haters here.
The story seemingly has nothing to do with the TSA, just somebody that works for them. There are perverts in all job sectors.
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dustbunnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 06:34 PM
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11. Well, these are the people that commit various indignities upon our bodies when we fly.

Don't know how many times I've had my breasts felt up by these people. It's extra disgusting to think that this guy may have been getting his jollies groping young girls while performing his job duties. There's that connection.
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MindPilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 06:41 PM
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12. If he worked at the car factory his employment would be irrelevant.
But he has a position that allows--perhaps even requires--him to touch people under the full authority of the US government as part of his job function. Yes it has everything to do with it.
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