Yet another thief working for the TSA at JFK
Feb 2, 2012, 1:37 pm
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Yet another thief working for the TSA at JFK
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012...ort-Theft.html
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Originally Posted by Associated Press
TSA Agent Charged With JFK Theft, Latest in Series
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK (AP) — A Transportation Security Administration agent stole $5,000 in cash from a passenger's jacket as he was going through security at John F. Kennedy International Airport, authorities said Thursday, the latest in a string of thefts that has embarrassed the agency.
Alexandra Schmid took the cash from a Bangladeshi passenger's jacket as it went along an X-ray conveyor belt Wednesday night in Terminal 4, said Al Della Fave, spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's police force.
Surveillance video showed Schmid taking the money from a jacket pocket, wrapping the money in a plastic glove and taking it to a bathroom, Della Fave said.
The money hasn't been recovered, he said. Police are investigating whether Schmid gave it to another person in the bathroom....
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK (AP) — A Transportation Security Administration agent stole $5,000 in cash from a passenger's jacket as he was going through security at John F. Kennedy International Airport, authorities said Thursday, the latest in a string of thefts that has embarrassed the agency.
Alexandra Schmid took the cash from a Bangladeshi passenger's jacket as it went along an X-ray conveyor belt Wednesday night in Terminal 4, said Al Della Fave, spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's police force.
Surveillance video showed Schmid taking the money from a jacket pocket, wrapping the money in a plastic glove and taking it to a bathroom, Della Fave said.
The money hasn't been recovered, he said. Police are investigating whether Schmid gave it to another person in the bathroom....
Feb 2, 2012, 2:55 pm
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Already discussed on the debate side.
Feb 2, 2012, 3:09 pm
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That leaves, what, 50,000ish who just haven't been caught yet?
Feb 2, 2012, 10:25 pm
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