JFK:Employee arrested for stealing items meant for US troops overseas
May 17, 2012, 9:50 am
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JFK:Employee arrested for stealing items meant for US troops overseas
Some reporting by Joe Kemp and Sarah Armaghan of the New York Daily News, describing some good police work by the United States Postal Inspection Service:
New York Daily News::
Employee arrested at New York's Kennedy Airport for stealing items meant for U.S. troops overseas
Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 9:32 PM
New York Daily News::
Employee arrested at New York's Kennedy Airport for stealing items meant for U.S. troops overseas
Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 9:32 PM
A sticky-fingered airport employee with a stone-cold heart was collared for snatching pricey items from packages meant for U.S. troops overseas, officials said.
Terrence Ralph, 41, who has worked at Kennedy Airport in cargo services since 2008, was callously wearing a $100 watch that was previously reported stolen when he was arrested Tuesday, officials and his ex-wife said.
andTerrence Ralph, 41, who has worked at Kennedy Airport in cargo services since 2008, was callously wearing a $100 watch that was previously reported stolen when he was arrested Tuesday, officials and his ex-wife said.
Postal inspectors had Ralph under surveillance for a week after reports of missing property surfaced from Germany, said Donna Harris of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
Packages that arrived in Germany with signs of tampering were traced to a sorting facility at the Queens airport, Harris said.
Packages that arrived in Germany with signs of tampering were traced to a sorting facility at the Queens airport, Harris said.
May 17, 2012, 10:55 pm
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He was charged with petty larceny and criminal possession of stolen property and was issued a desk appearance ticket, a spokeswoman for the Queens district attorney said.
Apparently, he was not stealing enough to need his own online store/auctions, unlike those TSA employees who were caught and jailed.