Two TSA agents busted at JFK Airport for stealing $160,000 from checked bags

New York Post ^ | February 16, 2011 | Phillip Messing

[Citizen X_Area 51]

Two TSA agents were busted today at Kennedy Airport for stealing $160,000 in cash from bags, authorities said.

Davon Webb, 30, and Couman Perad, who turned 36 today, were arrested after admitting they had regularly stolen from checked bags, sources said.

In one instance, Perad, who joined the Transportation Security Administration in 2002, and Webb, who has been an agent since 2004, stole $39,000 on Jan. 30 from a bag at Terminal 8, sources said.

The passenger whose money was stolen was on his way to Argentina, sources said.

The $39,000 was later found in their homes after TSA notified Port Authority police, sources said.

[Mr. Wright]

I rest my case -

[sockmonkey]

People who put their money in checked luggage probably deserve to have it stolen.

At SAT last month, I had my flashlight disappear from my backpack & my boyfriend's pricey watch disappeared. His watch was in the plastic bin. My flashlight was in my backpack. His watch wasn't in the bin after it went through the screening machine. He went right back, and was told, the guy who checked your stuff just left, change of shift.

[GOPJ]

Interesting. Thanks for the ping.

[GOPJ]

If the TSA isn’t getting its jollies from groping people then they are pilfering baggage. And, now they want a union. Aren’t they crooked enough already?

When you think 'TSA', remember - you have a liberal to thank...