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the loot that baggage handlers were allegedly taking for themselves. The items included cellphones, iPads, laptops, jewelry and other items worth a grand total of more than $20,000.
The items were taken from travelers’ checked luggage between March 2012 and June 2014, Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown said Wednesday.
“The defendants have been caught red handed and will now face the consequences of their alleged illegal acts,” said Brown.
“The defendants — who were hired to handle the baggage of those traveling in and out of Kennedy Airport — are alleged to have stolen computers, cell phones and other items from checked luggage with many of them selling the pilfered items to a pawn shop or to a ‘fence’ who was actually an undercover police officer,” Brown said.
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The baggage handlers who were arrested were all working for subcontractors for airlines at JFK.
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Police said the alleged thieves even fenced or sold the items on airport grounds, telling buyers there was plenty more where that came from.
The only trouble for them was that the buyers were undercover police officers.
Authorities said baggage thefts are now rampant, and anyone who puts their valuables in checked bags may never see them again.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/12/03/7-jfk-bag-handlers-charged-with-stealing-jewelry-electronics-from-checked-luggage/
CBS2 Exclusive: $20,000 In Loot Allegedly Taken From Checked Luggage By JFK Bag Handlers
December 3, 2014 6:13 PM
CBS News New York NY
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