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Police: TSA agent at JFK stole $5K from passenger
Susepct arrested on charges of grand larceny
Updated: Thursday, 02 Feb 2012, 11:41 AM EST
Published : Thursday, 02 Feb 2012, 11:41 AM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say a Transportation Security Administration agent has stolen $5,000 from a passenger as he was going through security at a New York City airport.
Police and the TSA say Alexandra Schmid took the cash from a passenger's jacket as it went along an X-ray conveyor belt at around 8 p.m. Wednesday at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Police spokesman Al Della Fave says surveillance video showed Schmid wrapping the money in a plastic glove and taking it to a bathroom.
He says the money hasn't been recovered. Police are investigating whether Schmid gave it to another person in the bathroom.
Schmid was arrested on a charge of grand larceny. The name of her attorney wasn't immediately known.
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