Overview
- Idress Vinay Solomon, 33, of Oakland, was charged by the U.S. Attorney's Office after a March 10 confrontation at the Dallas Love Field security checkpoint.
- TSA says he arrived without identification for a Southwest flight to Oakland and became verbally disruptive after the ConfirmID process failed to verify him.
- He allegedly punched a TSA officer in the back of the neck and then struck a Dallas police officer multiple times, causing a severe orbital blowout fracture treated at Parkland Hospital.
- Prosecutors say surveillance video captured the assaults, and Solomon later spat on an officer and refused commands while being placed in a patrol car.
- If convicted of forcibly assaulting a federal officer causing bodily injury, he faces up to 20 years in federal prison, and U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould vowed full prosecution to deter similar attacks.