Thomas Bingham of Melbourne, Australia, is expected to enter a plea to a charge of simple assault on a federal officer, a class A misdemeanor carrying a possible sentence of up to one year behind bars. A date has not yet been set for the plea hearing.
According to papers filed in Los Angeles federal court, an on-duty, uniformed TSA officer was leaving a restroom located in the connector area between Terminals 6 and 7 at LAX on March 15. Bingham — who was on a layover awaiting a flight from Los Angeles to Las Vegas — approached the officer and accused him of taking his backpack and passport, according to the plea agreement.