TSA agent charged with stealing $5,000 from passenger going through security at NY airport [View all]

[Snake Alchemist]

NEW YORK — 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 (fahv) 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.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/tsa-agent-charged-with-stealing-5000-from-passenger-going-through-security-at-ny-airport/2012/02/02/gIQAd19ZkQ_story.html

Please someone end this sad joke.