A U.S. Border Patrol agent has been charged after being accused of ordering women to show him their bre@sts during the admissions process to enter the country, federal authorities said.
Shane Millan, 53, was charged with four misdemeanour counts of deprivation of rights under colour of law, federal prosecutors in the Northern District of New York announced in a news release.
He willfully deprived four different women of their constitutional right to be free from unreasonable searches, the prosecutors said.
During virtual processing concerning their admission into the U.S., Millan told three women to “expose their bare chests” to him over webcam and a fourth woman to unveil her bre@sts to him while her bra remained on, according to the prosecutors.
Millan made the demands “for his own gratification” and lied to the women by saying he was conducting legitimate searches, prosecutors said.
The Border Patrol official was arraigned on Thursday, August 22, before a federal magistrate judge in Syracuse and released pending trial.
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