LaGuardia (LGA):Port Authority Police arrest passenger who stole laptop at Tampa(TPA)
Jun 21, 2012, 4:44 pm
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LaGuardia (LGA):Port Authority Police arrest passenger who stole laptop at Tampa(TPA)
Some great work by the Port Authority Police and the Tampa Airport Police:
CBS New York:
Man Arrested At LaGuardia For Stealing Laptop At Tampa International Airport
June 21, 2012 6:24 PM
A short quote:
CBS New York:
Man Arrested At LaGuardia For Stealing Laptop At Tampa International Airport
June 21, 2012 6:24 PM
A short quote:
TAMPA, FL (CBSNewYork/AP) — A man who stole a laptop at Tampa International Airport has been arrested by officials at LaGuardia.
Jun 22, 2012, 8:52 am
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Authorities reviewed surveillance footage of the incident, which showed a man passing though airport security, then quickly removing a laptop from one bin and placing it into another
Jun 22, 2012, 10:37 pm
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Jun 23, 2012, 5:32 am
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I'll give them some credit for initiative and a successful outcome. But even a blind hog finds an acorn on occasion. Mostly it was good police work, maybe.
IANAL, but, can someone be arrested for a crime in another jurisdiction without an open warrant for arrest? They confronted him and he confessed. If he had told them to pound sand, did they have the authority to make an arrest on a crime committed in another state when they had no evidence or probable cause of a crime in their state? Please lawyers, simple answers. Talk down to me, but I am curious if they could have held him without his confession.
(Overtime: I wonder how many laptop computers I could buy if I got $1 for all that were stolen at the CP's and never recovered.)
IANAL, but, can someone be arrested for a crime in another jurisdiction without an open warrant for arrest? They confronted him and he confessed. If he had told them to pound sand, did they have the authority to make an arrest on a crime committed in another state when they had no evidence or probable cause of a crime in their state? Please lawyers, simple answers. Talk down to me, but I am curious if they could have held him without his confession.
(Overtime: I wonder how many laptop computers I could buy if I got $1 for all that were stolen at the CP's and never recovered.)
Jun 23, 2012, 6:34 am
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When it's the TSA committing the crimes, the cameras "don't work," or are "too blurry."
Jun 23, 2012, 2:06 pm
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Right, if the camera doesn't usually work too well. The camera should be cleared. They needed to get a better picture.