A U.S. Border Patrol Agent has been arrested on four counts of deprivation of rights under color of law.
United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Vance Kuhner, Special Agent in Charge for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Professional Responsibility, New York, NY, made the announcement.
The misdemeanor information alleges that 53-year-old Shane Millan, of Jefferson County, while acting under color of law as a Border Patrol Agent, willfully deprived four different victims of their constitutional right to be free from unreasonable searches when, during virtual processing concerning their admission to the United States, he commanded three women to expose their bare chests to him over webcam and a fourth woman to expose her breasts to him while her bra remained on. The information further alleges that Millan told the women that these were legitimate searches incident to admission into the United States, though Millan’s demands to see the victims’ breasts were for his gratification.
Millan was arraigned in Syracuse, before United States Magistrate Judge Thérèse Wiley Dancks and released pending a trial.
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