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Two TSA agents busted at JFK Airport for stealing $160,000 from checked bags
New York Post ^ | February 16, 2011 | Phillip Messing

Posted on 02/16/2011 12:40:46 PM PST by 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: donttsamebro; jfk; security; tsa; tsapers; tsapervs
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1 posted on 02/16/2011 12:40:50 PM PST by Citizen X_Area 51
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To: Citizen X_Area 51

Isn’t that what government employees do? Steal money from the rest of us?


2 posted on 02/16/2011 12:42:37 PM PST by all the best
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To: Citizen X_Area 51

TSA = Two Stealing Around.


3 posted on 02/16/2011 12:42:38 PM PST by RexBeach
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To: Citizen X_Area 51

The job sucks but the perks are great.


4 posted on 02/16/2011 12:43:53 PM PST by TASMANIANRED (We kneel to no prince but the Prince of Peace)
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To: Citizen X_Area 51
You cannot burglarize unless you federalize.
5 posted on 02/16/2011 12:44:01 PM PST by KarlInOhio (Washington is finally rid of the Kennedies. Free at last, thank God almighty we are free at last.)
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To: Citizen X_Area 51
In a statement, TSA said it has "a zero-tolerance policy on theft in the workplace

...when we don't get our cut."

6 posted on 02/16/2011 12:45:06 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Citizen X_Area 51

If they were allowed to join a union, this wouldn’t have happened.


7 posted on 02/16/2011 12:46:26 PM PST by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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To: RexBeach
TSA = Two Stealing Around.

TSA = Two Stealing ALOT.

8 posted on 02/16/2011 12:49:13 PM PST by Lazamataz (If Illegal Aliens are Undocumented Workers, then Thieves are Undocumented Shoppers.)
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To: Citizen X_Area 51
TSA stealing...well that speaks for itself. BUT...who would have $160,000 in their luggage heading out of the country? Seems only someone trying to avoid taxes would carry cash. There is more to this story than just TSA thieves.
9 posted on 02/16/2011 12:49:28 PM PST by Bobby_Taxpayer (Don't tread on us...or you'll pay the price in the next election.)
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To: Steely Tom

Have you flown lately and taken a look at who is holding the wands, patting you down, going through your carry on?
Take these folks out of their TSA Uniforms and put them in street clothes — hmmmmmmmmm, what do you think?


10 posted on 02/16/2011 12:51:24 PM PST by Mr. Wright
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To: Citizen X_Area 51
...and Couman Perad, who turned 36 today...

What's the point of that? "Oh, it's his birthday!, well, we'll let this slide then"

how about, "happy birthday!, here's a nice shiny pair of bracelets for ya!"

11 posted on 02/16/2011 12:53:50 PM PST by NativeSon
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To: Citizen X_Area 51

It seems like a lot of thieving goes on with TSA agents.
This is what you get when you staff an armed Federal Agency from the welfare rolls and the refuse off the streets.
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?


12 posted on 02/16/2011 12:53:56 PM PST by BuffaloJack (Re-Elect President Sarah Palin 2016)
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To: Mr. Wright
Have you flown lately and taken a look at who is holding the wands, patting you down, going through your carry on? Take these folks out of their TSA Uniforms and put them in street clothes — hmmmmmmmmm, what do you think?

Ahh... no. I haven't. And I don't plan to, either. I web-conference. And enjoy the view from my deck.

13 posted on 02/16/2011 12:54:06 PM PST by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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To: Citizen X_Area 51

Very, very unusual for any kind of prosecution to over thefts from airline baggage. If you’re traveling, if you have to check bags, nothing of any value can be placed in them. Should you find something missing you’ll get zero cooperation from the airlines.


14 posted on 02/16/2011 12:54:22 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder ("Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking" - Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: Citizen X_Area 51

“Davon Webb, 30, and Couman Perad, who turned 36 today”

...I guess the a$$wipe that wrote the article felt it necessary to point out the thiefs b-day. To garner sympathy? Heeey Couman! It’s your birthday! You can go. Just don’t do it again!


15 posted on 02/16/2011 12:54:23 PM PST by albie
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To: RexBeach

Two Stealing Agents/A$$es


16 posted on 02/16/2011 12:55:18 PM PST by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: albie

They will probably get 2 weeks off with pay as punishment.


17 posted on 02/16/2011 12:56:31 PM PST by boomop1
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To: Citizen X_Area 51

Let’s see the faces of these upstanding aspiring union employees.


18 posted on 02/16/2011 12:56:31 PM PST by Enten (How's that hopey changey thing working out for you?)
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To: albie

At least they told us they were Amish. :)


19 posted on 02/16/2011 12:59:25 PM PST by BenKenobi (Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong. - Silent Cal)
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To: Bobby_Taxpayer

Yes, unless it was a set-up (which it doesn’t sound like it), I am surprised the passenger didn’t get arrested for trying to take that much cash with him. (Who would be that stupid to check any cash? I am scared to death of them stealing valuables/cash from my carry-on while I go through security; I wouldn’t dare check it. I am just worried about them stealing my underwear and sweaters!)


20 posted on 02/16/2011 1:00:21 PM PST by conservative cat
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