Ex-TSA Officer Gets Nearly 6 Years in Prison in LAX Drug Case

Ex-TSA Officer Gets Nearly 6 Years in Prison in LAX Drug Case
A TSA arm patch is seen at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles on Feb. 20, 2014. David McNew/Getty Images
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LOS ANGELES—A former Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer was sentenced Dec. 9 to 70 months in federal prison for smuggling what he believed was meth through Los Angeles International Airport in exchange for $8,000.

Michael Williams, 39, of Hawthorne, pleaded guilty in June to one federal count of attempting to distribute methamphetamine.