Police: Airport Workers Raid Luggage, Steal Valuables

[MADem]

Police Work To Get Items Back To Owners

POSTED: 3:58 pm EST February 29, 2012
UPDATED: 5:14 pm EST February 29, 2012
Read more: http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/30571975/detail.html#ixzz1nrrR61CN

BOSTON -- Two baggage handlers who worked at Logan Airport have been arrested, accused of stealing valuables from passengers' checked baggage.
The arrests follow a month-long investigation into luggage thefts by the Massachusetts State Police and Massport.
The two workers, identified as Lashawn Fontenot, 25, of Lynn, and Joshua Wright, 25, of Mattapan, stole high-dollar items, including cash, cameras, tobacco and electronics worth thousands of dollars from checked luggage, investigators said.
The men work for a baggage-handling company, which has been cooperating in the probe, investigators said. The men were arrested Tuesday at Logan.

[Mopar151]

1. Sad to say

Ground-level corruption is so endemic to the culture of Boston and the North Shore that I's be surprised if nobody was rifling luggage at Logan.

[MADem]

2. I don't put anything in a checked bag I'm not prepared to lose. nt

[jberryhill]

3. Yep

I'm surprised anyone does.