DENVER – A Transportation Security Administration agent has been arrested at Denver International Airport on charges of sexual assault on a child.
The Denver Post reports 33-year-old Matthew Paul Barnett was arrested Friday on 12 felony counts.
No listed phone number could be found for Barnett. Online jail records didn't indicate whether he has a lawyer who could speak on his behalf.
The TSA fired Barnett after his arrest.
Barnett faces counts of sexual assault on a child, sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust and sexual assault on a child as a pattern of abuse.
No further information was available on the incidents.
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Information from: The Denver Post, http://www.denverpost.com
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