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Thomas Jesse Bingham, a 35-year-old from Melbourne, attacked a TSA officer at Los Angeles International Airport on March 15, slamming the officer into a golf cart and causing injury. After pleading guilty to simple assault, Bingham was sentenced to four months in prison and must surrender to US Marshals by October 19. The article reports that he could face deportation after completing his sentence.
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Thomas Jesse Bingham, a 35-year-old man from Melbourne, was sentenced to four months in jail after violently assaulting a TSA officer at Los Angeles International Airport on March 15. The incident began when Bingham accused the TSA agent of taking his bag and passport inside a bathroom, leading to a physical altercation outside where he slammed the officer into a parked United Airlines golf cart. This resulted in injuries to the officer's back and hand. Bingham pleaded guilty to simple assault on a federal officer and was subsequently arrested by airport police who found his missing belongings at a restaurant in Terminal 7 earlier that day. He attempted to board another flight but was apprehended again, leading to his conviction and jail sentence.
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A Melbourne man who violently assaulted an airport security officer during a layover in Los Angeles will serve time in a US jail.
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who → assault → jail
Thomas Jesse Bingham, 35, attacked a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent in a bathroom at Los Angeles International Airport on March 15 after accusing the worker of taking his bag and passport.
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Bingham → attack → bag
According to court documents seen by The Courier Mail, Bingham confronted the male officer inside the bathroom before following him to a public area.
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Bingham → accord → area
He assaulted the agent, slamming him into a parked United Airlines golf cart and leaving him with pain in his back and hand.
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He → assault → back
'During the course of the defendant's assault on (the victim), (the) defendant grabbed (the victim's) TSA identification lanyard off his neck, grabbed (the agent) by the hair, pushed (him) against a nearby glass wall and held onto [his] leg,' the documents said.
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documents → grab → leg
'(The victim) told (the) defendant to stop and attempted to disengage.'
Airport police arrested Bingham, with officials later locating his missing belongings at a restaurant in Terminal 7 that he had visited earlier in the day.
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he → tell → day
Bingham was released but was taken into custody again at LAX as he attempted to board a flight to the UK.
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he → release → UK
Thomas Bingham, from Melbourne, has been sentenced to four months in jail after he violently assaulted a security officer
The incident occurred at Los Angeles International Airport on March 15
Last week, Bingham, who pleaded guilty to the lesser offence of simple assault on a federal officer, was sentenced to four months in prison.
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who → sentence → prison
He was ordered to surrender to the US Marshals Service on October 19 to begin serving his sentence at a federal correctional facility in California.
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He → order → California
Bingham could face deportation proceedings after completing his sentence, according to reports.
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Bingham → face → reports
The Daily Mail has contacted Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for comment.
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Mail → contact → comment
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woman → read → plane
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