Bodycam footage was just released from Fort Lauderdale airport where a passenger’s wallet was tolen at TSA. The man had placed his bag, phone, and black Gucci wallet in a binto be screened. By the time he got through, the wallet was gone.
He reported his wallet, with $25 in it, missing. Everyone at the airport is on video, so TSA reviewed the footage and identified the thief while he was still in the airport. Law enforecement tracked him down and approached him. The suspect asked if they could go somewhere private? And the deputy responds, “Did you take the wallet in private?”
- The wallet was found in the man’s carry-on.
- He claimed he’d been in a rush at security and accidentally grabbed the wrong wallet.
- But his wallet was brown, and the stolen one was a black Gucci item.
There was actually $40 in the wallet. The incident actually happened back on September 29, but the footage only just became available. The passenger whose wallet was taken has a prosthetic leg, and it takes them more time to get through TSA. That delay is what created the window where his wallet was through screening becfore he was.
The suspect was booked in Broward County with the arresting agency listed as AIRPORT. He was charged with petit theft, second degree, first offense ($150 bond) and possession, receiving, and retaining a stolen credit or debit card ($2,500 bond).
This wasn’t just theft of a wallet, it was taking a wallet from a disabled passenger. I mean, come on. And stealing at a TSA checkpoint is stupid. Even screeners themselves sometimes get caught! Here’s one who got caught stealing from a passenger and stuffed the $300 in her mouth. It’s all being filmed!
Some of the better comments on the video,
“Can we go somewhere in private? / Did you take the wallet in private?” — pinned, 1.7K likes.
“It takes a special kind of stupid to steal at an airport.”
“Got the nerve to want privacy. You can’t make it up.”
“What a genius cop. ‘Got an ID?’ It’s in the wallet.”
“He went to jail over a value meal that wouldn’t fill him up.”
“You stole in public but want to be arrested in private. The audacity.”
This is why you should always keep your eyes on your bags when going through the security checkpoint. It’s easy to take the wrong thing at the checkpoint, too.
(HT: Paddle Your Own Kanoo)
It’s exactly who you think it would be. *checks video*
Yep, as expected. Ehrm, *gulp* color me surprised
Racists suck
I never put my wallet in plain view on a carry on bin. I put mine deep inside my carry on before it goes thru screening.
@Gary Leff — First ‘1990’ on here is not me. Satirical impersonation, like ‘1990 bot,’ or the various examples of those wo target Tim, etc., is cheap, but explicitly using the same handle is a bit much.
I knew 1990 was a racist the whole time…
@1990 – Whatever. America has a race problem that needs to be addressed. It is proven in DOJ arrest statistics regardless of administration.
You just don’t care because of the votes your party receives.
Hmm probably not the wisest place to try and steal something.
@1990 — Oof. Would be cool if we could have unique usernames or flairs.
@Michael Mainello — Surely, it wasn’t you who impersonated me…
@L737 — (OMAAT does it.)
Fry: “No, but I hope to be one day!… and then people like me, better watch out!”
@1990 – No, my comments are my own and I would never do something like that.
It was me.
No, it was me.
Wrong again! T’was I!
You are all lying. I am the original hater.
Even with that it;s the usual suspects! We have to have Black leaders call for stopping there thug culture!
So, it was @Jay! *smh*
“petit theft” darn autocorrect.
@1990 – Imposters! Imposters, everywhere! *Buzz Lightyear gesturing broadly*
@L737 — “I have been chosen! Farewell my friends, I go on to a better place.”
@Jay: I just wished rightwing racists could tell when to use “there” vs “their”. Fully explains why they vote with their hate. US prisons have no whites. Right?
@Ray – Sure there are all races in prison. However white folks (in particular) don’t celebrate white criminals and riot when one is on trial.
Also the percentage of black criminals is alarming and needs to be addressed by the black community. The last numbers released I saw what that black families are approximately single female parented and young black males (approximately 3% of the population) commit upwards of 50% of violent crimes.
How would you fix the problem? Arrest more white folks? Ignore black crime?
It was me. I went China. Real one. Not fake one. Now I back.
@Gary Leff — This is getting out of hand (even for me). Probably should just wipe this one clean at this point. Start fresh. Bah!
Don’t put your money in a binto.
check ‘em for monkeypox
Usual suspect. Put on probation just to steal from another innocent person. Rinse and repeat. At the airport either put your wallet into your bag.
We are all 1990!
So who was it anyway?
The best way to keep your valuables together is to put them in a zippered bag, at least that is what I do. Take a lightweight zippered bag with you if you don’t want to put them in one of your other bags. The last time I lost something at TSA was a boarding pass that was placed in the bin instead of being in zippered bag or folded up in my passport (the passport is allowed to be carried in hand.)
Leftists shouldn’t use oxymorons like ‘right-wing’ and ‘racist’. As a reminder, the Democrat Party was founded in 1827 to expand slavery. The Republican Party was founded in 1854 to abolish slavery. Every slave state was dominated by Democrats. Every free state was lead by Republicans.
300,000 Republicans died to free the slaves. After the Civil War Democrats founded the KKK. Democrats invented Jim Crow, segregation and black codes to oppress black voters.
The first 21 black congressmen were all Republicans. Democrat Governors fought desegregation.
Racism has always been a doctrine of the left.