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A former worker at Destin-Fort Walton Seashore Airport has been arrested for stealing greater than $15,000 price of things from passenger luggage. The 19-year-old baggage handler was charged with two counts of grand theft following his arrest on August 10, in line with NBC. And it was all due to an Apple AirTag that was among the many stolen gadgets.
A number of baggage mishandling instances had been reported on the Destin-Fort Walton Seashore Airport from July by means of August. One incident was filed after a lady mentioned her suitcase by no means made it to her vacation spot and was assumed to be misplaced or stolen by the (unnamed) airline. The lady mentioned her baggage contained an estimated $1,600 price of things, together with an Apple AirTag.
The AirTag itself is simply price $29.99, however on this case its worth was rather more than that. The small Apple gadgets enable iPhone, iPad or MacBook customers to find gadgets at dwelling or whereas touring. AirTags have been each praised and criticized for his or her skill to trace no matter or whoever they connect to, however this arrest highlights a minimum of one good use for AirTags.
The lady advised Okaloosa County sheriff’s deputies the AirTag in her suitcase relayed its location, pointing to a street in a neighboring metropolis: it was in Mary Esther, Florida, someplace on Kathy Court docket.
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Then, on August 9, another report of lost or stolen luggage was filed at Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport. This time, the value of the items, which included jewelry among other things, was over $15,000. This prompted the Okaloosa County deputies to make use of the knowledge from the primary report, as they declare, to cross-reference “workers who lived within the neighborhood of Kathy Court docket.” That narrowed down the suspects, and led deputies to the house of the bags handler who stole the gadgets from each incidents, price over $16,600 in all.
Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputies arrested the bags handler and later charged him. The Sheriff’s workplace claims the handler admitted to rummaging by means of the suitcase reported misplaced in July and taking the Apple AirTag. Below what impulse would somebody willingly steal a monitoring system? Who is aware of!
The remainder of the lady’s issues nonetheless haven’t been discovered, however a minimum of the jewellery and different gadgets from the second incident had been recovered. Instances of mishandled baggage have gotten extra widespread. NBC cites the Transportation Division within the U.S., which says 237,828 items of bags had been reported as mishandled as of Could, 2o22. That’s simply another reason to pack gentle and bring a carry-on.