INSIDER TROUBLES AT MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL INTL’ AIRPORT

SAM MCGILL - Airplane fueler for ServisAir/Swissport, January 2011-May 2011. Arrested at MSP for DWI and hit & run on May 8, 2011. He allegedly drove two vehicles drunk inside secured airfield. According to the police report, he co-worker said, “Sometimes he could smell the odor of an alcoholic beverage on his breath.” At the time of his arrest, he was inside secured area. His drivers’ license had been revoked. He failed field sobriety test (PBT .195) and Intoxilyzer (.20 BAC). Prior DWI Refusal conviction from 2010. Revoked SIDA badge.

TIMOTHY LYLE ERNEST FORNOF - Northwest/Delta baggage handler, February 1999 - January 2012. On New Years Day, 2012 was found with a controlled substance during random TSA Screening at Gate F10. Agents say he had a cigarette pack with a metal cylinder inside containing white powder and glass pipe in his jacket. Powder tested positive for two grams of methamphetamine. Convicted of 5th degree drug

possession. Revoked SIDA badge.

TEDROS SEMERE - Regional Elita Airplanes. On April 20, 2012 he brought a gun through Checkpoint 10. When the scanner went off, he put his hands up to his head. The .40 caliber gun was loaded, not cased and he did not have permit to carry. He said he went to a firing range and got up at 4am and simply forgot. Veteran of two tours in Iraq and bought the gun at Ft. Hood, TX. According to the police report: “Stated he had no ill intent on bringing it to work … simply forgot it was in his backpack.” Carrying weapon without a permit case

dismissed. Found guilty of misdemeanor, “Presenting weapon at security screening.” Revoked SIDA Badge.

MCHARDING DEGAN GALIMAH - Mesaba/Northwest/Delta, March 2007-August 2012 On October 2012 he was arrested by ICE for weapons smuggling. Federally charged, pled guilty and sentenced, and is currently on probation. Charges and much of the federal case is sealed. Galimah allegedly shipped the guns by boat, and the case did not involve his job at the airport. SIDA Badge revoked.

DAVID VANG & VUE XIONG - Allied Barton & Elite Line Services, February 2011-October 2012. Husband and wife arrested October 2012 after months of surveillance. Vang worked the baggage conveyor belt and was stealing items off the belt. Investigators found more than 100 broken baggage locks. Admits he was specifically looking for weapons and electronics. He would take the items to an employee where wife Xiong would be waiting for him. Vang stole an estimated $84,379 in guns, purses, electronics. Convicted in Hennepin County. SIDA Badge revoked.

EMPLOYEE J.E.- Air Serv/G2 Secure Staff, November 2012 - Current employee. Fox 9 is not identifying this 22-year old female employee for AirServ by name because the allegations were never sustained. On December 2014, she used her SIDA badge to walk through customs and boarded a plane for Amsterdam without going through screening. According to the police report, at first, “J.E. responded that she was taking the flight to Amsterdam.” But when another officer arrived she said “..she was on the aircraft to get a rid back to Delta Building G by the cleaning crew.” Her supervisor says she was instructed not to go through federal customs or to use international cleaning crews for transportation. She denies she was told that. Report concludes, “(J.E.) posed no threat to the airport community and had no intention to fly to Amsterdam.” Status of SIDA badge is unknown.