A Glendale woman, Ma’Kiah Cherae Coleman, was sentenced last week to four months in prison and 36 months of supervised release for attacking the agent at Phoenix Sky Harbor on April 25, 2023.
Coleman, age 20, was sentenced for assaulting a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. Coleman pleaded guilty to Assault on a Federal Officer Inflicting Bodily Injury on April 23, 2024.
On April 25, 2023, Coleman assaulted a TSA agent at Sky Harbor Airport by grabbing the agent’s hair, forcing the agent’s head down against a baggage screening area table, and punching the agent in the head several times with a closed fist. Coleman had to be restrained by several other TSA agents.
In addition to being sentenced to prison, Coleman is banned from traveling by commercial aircraft during the three-year term of her court supervision.