Australian National to Plead Guilty to Assaulting LAX TSA Officer

Australian National to Plead Guilty to Assaulting LAX TSA Officer

A 35-year-old Australian man is expected to plead guilty Monday to a federal misdemeanor alleging he assaulted a Transportation Security Administration officer at Los Angeles International Airport in March. Thomas Bingham of Melbourne, Australia, has agreed to enter a plea to a charge of simple assault on a federal officer, a Class A misdemeanor carrying a possible sentence of up to a year behind bars. According to papers filed in Los Angeles fe…