Rochester Woman Charged Once Again with Entering Restricted Area at Rochester Airport

ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Takesha Rogers, 39, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with willfully entering an airport area that serves an air carrier or foreign air carrier in violation of security requirements, which carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Meghan K. McGuire, who is handling the case, stated that according to the complaint, on May 5, 2022, Rogers pleaded guilty to entering an airport area in violation of security requirements, admitting that she had climbed over the fence and willfully entered the Aircraft Operations Area (AOA), which is a restricted area, at the Rochester Airport on four separate occasions. Rogers was sentenced to time served and one year of supervised release. In April 2023, soon after her supervised release began, Rogers again attempted to evade the security requirements at the Rochester Airport, climb a fence, and enter the AOA. She also committed additional violations, which lead to a revocation of her supervised release. In October 2023, Rogers was sentenced to one year in prison. Rogers was released in July 2024. On November 27, 2024, just after 11:30 pm, Rogers again entered a secured AOA at the Rochester Airport. A Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputy responded and observed Rogers running towards a moving aircraft that was taxiing towards the runway. She was taken into custody without incident and deemed a Mental Hygiene Arrest and released to Rochester General Hospital for psychiatric evaluation.

Rogers made an initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Marian W. Payson and was detained.

The complaint is the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Matthew Miraglia, and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, under the direction of Sheriff Todd Baxter. 

The fact that a defendant has been charged with a crime is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.