Fired TSA agent gets jail in bathroom recording case

A former Nashville TSA agent who became obsessed with a woman — taking video of her in an airport bathroom and breaking into her house five times — was sentenced Thursday to six months in jail.

Criminal Court Judge Randall Wyatt stressed, in handing down the sentence, that 33-year-old Daniel Boykin should continue mental health treatment after his release from jail. The sentence includes more than 5 years of probation with strict supervision and GPS monitoring for Boykin. Boykin will begin the jail term Monday.

Authorities said Boykin had 92 videos of the victim — 29 taken from a bathroom inside Nashville International Airport — and 1,527 photographs of the woman.

"This was one of the worst cases I have seen in terms of invading somebody's privacy in their most intimate moments and the most secure place, her home," former Metro Police Detective Andrew Vallee told The Tennessean on Thursday. Vallee investigated the case and has since left Metro Police to pursue a law enforcement career at another agency.

Vallee read a statement from the victim, saying the woman was grateful for the work of the District Attorney's office and strength of her family and faith.

"My biggest disappointment in terms of justice was that under current law, (Boykin) doesn't have to register as a sex offender," Vallee read from the statement. "Because my main motivation for justice is reducing the possibility that he will ever do this again to anyone else."

Boykin and the victim were friends before authorities say he became obsessed. Boykin watched the woman's dog one weekend, and as the woman was looking at pictures of the dog on Boykin's phone she found images of herself, Vallee said.

The victim came forward in May 2014.

Police began investigating and discovered, based on cellphone information, that Boykin had broken into the woman's home five times.

"What was most disturbing was that he was taking photographs on his phone inside the house of the air vents, of shelves in the bathroom," Vallee said. "We believe his intention of taking those pictures was he intended to place video cameras in those locations at some point. Which he never did, thank goodness."

Vallee said Boykin also took pictures of the woman's clothing and stole other images off her electronics.

Vallee credited the agencies that worked on the investigation, including the Nashville District Attorney's Office and Murfreesboro police.

Boykin previously pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated burglary, unlawful photography and a computer crime. TSA fired him after the investigation began.

Boykin and his family declined to comment after the sentencing.

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