A TSA agent was caught stuffing a passenger's iPad into his pants by a Continental Airline employee, according to the Broward Palm Beach New Times.
Nelson Santiago -- a TSA officer since 2009 -- was caught earlier this week by a Continental Airlines employee taking an iPad out of someone's luggage and stuffing it into his pants, the cops say.
After being arrested Monday on two counts of grand theft, police say Santiago admitted to stealing computers, GPS devices, video cameras, and other electronic merchandise from luggage he was supposed to be screening.
It's thought that Santiago stole around $50,000 worth of electronics in the past six months. He would post photos of the stolen goods online almost immediately and often sell the electronics before his shift was over.
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ninocolato - July 12, 2011 at 2:52am
i hope this guy gets thrown in jail for a long time!!! i travel a lot internationally and take electronics with me always, including ipads ipods laptops and cellphones, this is not good news for travelers man! i hope he gets it!!!!!!
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Andrew - July 10, 2011 at 3:35pm
This is america... His pants probably were loose and sagging
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MG - July 10, 2011 at 6:07am
How many people just thought "Is that an ipad in your pants, or are you just happy to see me?"
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74tz - July 10, 2011 at 3:43am
"...caught stuffing a passenger's iPad into his pants...". That sentence can't be right, how can you stuff an iPad into some pants? - they're blatantly not big enough to hold an electronic device that size. The word "pants" needs to be replaced with 'trousers'.
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MCF3778 - July 10, 2011 at 6:31am
trousers? what are from the UK or something.... trousers is not used in the US
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Joe N. - July 10, 2011 at 7:37am
Knickers!
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Joebama - July 10, 2011 at 1:47pm
Have you seen the size of some Americans (and British, for that matter)? Some people could probably easily get an ipad in each leg ;)
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