Kentucky man accused of attacking TSA agent at Louisville airport

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky man was arrested after police mentioned he tried to breach a TSA safety checkpoint and attacked a TSA agent at Louisville Muhammed Ali Worldwide Airport. 

Louisville Airport Police detained Kelvin Portwood, 55, of Winchester, on Sunday afternoon.

In line with court docket paperwork, police had been referred to as by TSA to the safety line for a reported assault. The dispatch name acknowledged TSA brokers had been in an altercation with a disorderly male passenger within the exit lane, making an attempt to breach safety.

When cops arrived, the TSA brokers had been on the bottom, making an attempt to detain Portwood outdoors of the exit lane. One officer suggested Portwood to cease resisting and positioned cuffs on him with the assistance of the TSA brokers.

Police mentioned surveillance footage confirmed Portwood strategy the exit lane the place he began shouting and waving his arms. Portwood yelled on the different passengers in line, making an attempt to get them to observe him by the exit lane. TSA quickly suspended the screening course of as one agent working the exit lane tried to influence Portwood to go away the realm.

At that time, in line with the report, Portwood pushed one of many TSA brokers, lunged ahead and punched him within the face. The agent suffered a minimize lip, police mentioned.

Portwood then kicked and scuffled with two different TSA brokers as they tried to de-escalate the state of affairs. Ultimately, they took him to the bottom and held him till airport police arrived on the scene.

Portwood is charged with fourth-degree misdemeanor cost for assault, a fourth-degree misdemeanor cost for harassment with bodily contact and a second-degree misdemeanor cost for disorderly conduct.

He’s presently being held at Louisville Metro Corrections on a $30,000 money bond and is scheduled for a pretrial convention Sept. 6.