Defendant helped unauthorized Individual enter secure airport area
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Tiriq Henson, 33, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, entered a plea of guilty before United States District Judge Gail A. Weilheimer yesterday to one count of entering an airport area in violation of security requirements.
The defendant was charged by information in May of this year.
As detailed in court filings, on March 9, 2024, Henson, then employed as a wheelchair assistant at the Philadelphia International Airport, aided and abetted the entry of Person #1 into a secure airport area in violation of security requirements, by permitting Person #1 to use the defendant’s airport-issued Secure Identification Display Area badge to gain access to the secured and sterile area of the airport.
Henson is scheduled to be sentenced on December 16 and faces a maximum possible term of 10 years’ imprisonment.
The case was investigated by the FBI and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Priya De Souza.