TAMPA, Fla. (WWSB) – Facial matching technology used in TSA’s credential authentication technology, along with the keen eye of a Tampa TSA officer, led to the arrest of an individual attempting to use identification and a boarding pass intended for another person at a Tampa International Airport security checkpoint on Thursday.
Justin Causby, a Transportation Security Officer at TPA, was checking identification on Airside A Thursday afternoon, when an individual inserted a driver’s license into the credential authentication technology and a photo was taken to be matched to the ID presented.
The machine indicated a mismatch error and Causby conducted a manual inspection of the license and boarding pass. He quickly determined that the individual was using documents belonging to someone else.
TSO Causby immediately notified a supervisor, who called in Tampa International Airport Police to investigate further.
Officers learned that the female passenger – later identified as Brittany Anderson – had an active warrant in Pennsylvania for financial responsibilities.
Anderson was placed under arrest and transported to Orient Road Jail.
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