Airport official arrested for taking pictures of women’s underparts as they climbed into plane (PICTURED)

Adam Bartsch (pictured) after he was
arrested Thursday Oct. 17. The federal air
marshal has been accused of taking cell
phone photographs underneath women's skirts
as they boarded a plane at Nashville
International Airport.

A federal air marshal has been accused of
betraying the very people he was paid to
protect.

A witness caught 28-year-old Adam Bartsch
aiming a cell phone camera underneath
women's skirts as they were climbing onto a
plane at Nashville International Airport on
Thursday.

The witness grabbed Bartsch's phone and
alerted a flight attendant. The government
employee was on official duty at the time
and was scheduled to board a Southwest
Airline Flight 3132 to Tampa.

Airport police officers removed Bartsch from
the flight and took him into custody.
The man said he snapped 10 to 12 photos that
day and confessed to taking other
inappropriate photos in the past.

He has been charged with disorderly conduct
and is being held on $10,000 bail.

The Transportation Security Administration
confirmed that Bartsch will likely lose his
job.

"TSA does not tolerate criminal behavior.
The agency immediately removed this
individual from his current duties and is in
the process of suspending or terminating his
employment," the TSA said in a statement to
CNN.