Transport Security Administration agent in United States arrested on the job at Denver International Airport,  charged with 12 counts of child sexual molestation

Matthew Paul Barnett, 33, of Thornton, is suspected of assaulting three young girls

By Edward Era Barbacena

A white TSA agent was arrested Friday morning at Denver International Airport on suspicion of multiple counts of sexual assault on a child.

Matthew Paul Barnett, 33, of Thornton, is suspected of assaulting three young girls, according to the Adams County district attorney’s office.

The charges against Barnett are sexual assault on a child, sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust and sexual assault on a child as a pattern of abuse. He’s been charged with 12 counts, all felonies.

Barnett was fired Friday after his arrest.

“TSA does not tolerate illegal, unethical or immoral conduct,” according to a TSA statement. “This individual is no longer employed by TSA.”

He’ll be advised of the charges against him next week in Adams County Court, according to a news release.