42-year-old Devon Boyd was caught with an active warrant at the Nashville International Airport on June 21st. On the mentioned date, Nashville International Airport police officers were informed that Boyd had a full extradition warrant out of Kentucky for his arrest. Officers met with Boyd after his flight from Air Canada arrived, verified his identification, and took him into custody as a fugitive from justice.
63-year-old Susan Marie Korean was reported as a suspicious person at the Nashville International Airport at 6:56 p.m. on June 22nd. Korean approached a South West Airlines employee’s kiosk and asked her to be rebooked. Korean asked the employee what would happen to her bag, and she told her it would continue to Las Vegas as it was previously scheduled. Korean stated, “Well, if I am not going, shouldn’t my bags be pulled?” The customer service supervisor told her no and that, per policy, her bag would meet her at her destination since the flight was fully loaded. After this, Korean asked, “Is that not a security thing? What if I was a terrorist or had explosives in my bag?” The gate agent warned her that saying things like that would get her bag pulled, and she replied, “It was a joke.” Airport police had Korean paged to gate D1 so they could speak with her about her comment. When she arrived, Korean told them she was originally heading to Las Vegas but wanted to be rebooked and know that her bag would go with her. This call delayed the aircraft from departing for 42 minutes and 15 connecting passengers from reaching their stop. Airport Police K9 handlers responded to screen Korean’s luggage but could not find it after searching the aircraft. Susan Korean was then taken into custody for a filing a false report.
52-year-old Brandon Swanson was taken into custody for public intoxication on May 21st. Officers were called for a welfare check on a passenger, later identified as Swanson, who was bumping into others and struggling to stand while waiting in line for the TSA checkpoint before flying. When officers arrived, they located and questioned Swanson, during which he was swaying back and forth. Swanson reeked of alcohol as he told them he had drank earlier that morning. When officers asked Swanson to provide his identification, he dropped it as he handed it to them, having to get on his hands and knees to not fall over while picking it up. Swanson was told he could not fly due to his level of intoxication and had to rebook for a later flight. Then, while attempting to walk to another area of the airport, Swanson stumbled backward into a door, so officers deemed him unable to care for himself. Swanson was detained for the occurrence.
40-year-old Brandon Allen Lahaie was observed stumbling alongside the ramp from I-40 to Nashville International Airport around 1:33 p.m. on May 18th. When officers arrived, they located him near the ramp, struggling to stand. Lahaie told officers he was traveling with friends back to Florida on an Allegiant flight and somehow ended up alongside the I-40 off-ramp. Lahaie then admitted to having too much to drink. Lahaie was deemed a danger to himself and was taken into custody for public intoxication.
56-year-old Fahd Opanuga was taken into custody for criminal impersonation, theft of identity, and criminal simulation on April 18th at TSA checkpoint in Nashville International Airport. During a fraud investigation, airport police officers approached Opanuga and asked for his ID, which he voluntarily provided. Then, when officers ran his ID, it returned bearing the name “Hakeem Adewale Bashorun.” Officers discovered that Opanuga was not the person pictured when Bashorun’s information returned. Officers then located a credit card under Bashorun’s identity in his possession as well. Opanuga was then detained for the incident.
35-year-old Shana Leigh Lyons was refused boarding at Gate C22 at Nashville International Airport on March 20th. When officers arrived, they noticed she was crying by the gate desk, visibly upset, as airline employees pointed her out. Lyons reeked of alcohol as officers asked for her identification, which she struggled to find, rummaging through her purse and grabbing a wallet that did not have it. Lyons then located her ID and gave it to the officers, so they went to run her information through their system. During this, the airline employees got Lyons rebooked for the next day, attempted to book a hotel for her, and then called her husband. Officers were given the number for the hotel and tried to get Lyons to call to ask if they had any vacancies. Lyons did not follow the instructions, and officers determined she could not care for herself. Officers grabbed Lyon’s things, detained her, and escorted her to the patrol car. They notified Lyon’s husband of the situation and told him she would call him once she was released. Lyons was taken into custody for public intoxication.
32-year-old Milton Morocho-Zhunio was stopped by TSA in front of Gate D3 at Nashville International Airport on March 12th. When officers arrived, they located and noticed him showing numerous signs of impairment. Morocho-Zhunio admitted to drinking, and when officers asked him how he was able to access the secured movement area of the airfield, he replied, “Uber” and “The bus.” Officers then reviewed footage of Morocho-Zhunio taking the elevator to the ramp level and wandering through the secured area until TSA stopped him. Morocho-Zhunio was taken into custody for public intoxication and an air security violation.
45-year-old Vincent Clement showed multiple signs of impairment while sitting at Nashville International Airport on the night of February 29th. A passerby observed this and alerted the authorities, initially believing Clement was unresponsive. When officers arrived, they noticed he was awake and reeked of alcohol. When officers questioned Clement, he was unaware of what day it was and admitted to drinking. Clement then told officers he was not flying in or out, leading officers to ask him why he was there. Clement replied, asking, “Am I at the airport?” Clement was taken into custody for public intoxication.
31-year-old Zachary Peter Zytkowski inappropriately touched a passenger, Kelsey Laflin, near the Gate 27 area in Nashville International Airport on the morning of February 29th. Witnesses pointed Zytkowski out when officers arrived, stating he was the suspect. Then, Officers spoke with Laflin, who said she was walking toward her gate and felt “a single hand cup my left breast and squeeze,” explaining that she did not know him or give him permission for the contact. Officers reviewed CCTV footage, which correlated with Laflin’s statement, and then placed Zytkowski into custody for sexual battery.
37-year-old Alvin Lester Moss was taken into custody for felony possession on February 28th. Nashville Airport Police Department investigated an inbound Southwest flight 802 scheduled to arrive from Los Angeles, CA. Officers deployed their narcotics detecting K-9 Peggy, who gave a positive indication to four bags. The bags included a hard-sided dark pink roller bag with a SWA bag tag name displaying “Collins/Ebony,” a dark blue hard-sided roller bag with a SWA bag tag name displaying “Moss/Alvin,” a light blue hard-sided roller bag with a SWA bag tag name displaying “Hampton/Willie,” and a light pink hard-sided roller bag with a SWA bag tag name displaying “Hughes/Toshel.” Officers located them once each bag was claimed and separately asked to search their luggage, to which they consented. During a search of Moss’s dark blue suitcase, they located 10 bundles of vacuum-sealed marijuana totaling 4,535.92 grams/10 pounds.
