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Documents, Behavior Lead to Arrest

News & Happenings

March 11, 2008

Travel document checkers and behavior detection officers at Miami International Airport recently flagged a male passenger for additional screening, based on both suspicious documents and behavior. Suddenly, he bolted from the security area.

TSA officers followed, providing police his location. Miami-Dade police officers apprehended Faid Beydoun, 42, after he jumped from a second-story roadway, breaking an arm and ribs as he landed on the sidewalk. Beydoun was arrested on charges of resisting arrest without violence and disorderly conduct, and found to be carrying multiple IDs in several names.

"This event clearly validates TSA's decision to take responsibility for travel document inspection," said Miami Federal Security Director Mark Hatfield Jr. "Document checking combined with our suspicious behavior observation program enhances our detection and disruption capability and gives us another important edge against the bad guys. And we are again witness to the incredible value of our partnership with law enforcement and the unmatched excellence of the Miami-Dade Police Department."