'Serial' luggage thief caught on camera stealing bags from San Diego's airport
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
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“He must stay away from the airport unless he’s flying”. Are you kidding me!!! Dude should be banned for life
I have friends who work for all major airlines and they will prevent him from traveling. They frequently check reservations and if they ever see the scumbag with an upcoming trip, they will write down the confirmation #, flight date / time etc, then the morning of the flight, that employee will ACCIDENTALLY cancel the trip. But they will do it from a personal device with a VPN and not their work computer so it will be untraceable. And in case you're wondering why the employee will wait until the morning of the trip, it's because if it's that close to the departure, the ticket cannot be refunded and in some cases the airline won't even issue a travel credit.
@@mathewmclean9128 awesome !!
@@Jet-stream898 I also enjoy creating desperate homosexual dating profiles for thieves too. I go all out when creating these ads including name, SSN, DOB, address and other sensitive info about the thug and how they like being pinned while probed.
This scumbag in particular likes being cornered at gunpoint while being surrounded by big white men.
And there are only TWO ways that thugs and thieves can get these homosexual dating profiles taken down:
1. Go to the court and request that a judge give ME conservatorship over them.
2. Cancel themselves by base junping off of a tall bridge / building without a parachute.
@@Jet-stream898 And I also communicate with hackers and scammers on the dark web. I constantly share the personal information of convicted thugs with these people in the hopes that the thugs will eventually get a taste of their own medicine.
it's California for ya lol
You can’t get out of Costco without showing a receipt, but at the airport you can take whatever you want no questions asked? Unreal.
😂
Years ago you had to show your luggage tag to a security guard before exiting.
Because it doesn't cost the airline a cent if your luggage is stolen.
extremely bad policies by the airports and airlines. Changes are required.
@@carolesmith9235But if they hire more attendants the price of tickets go up. People demand the cheapest price possible.
Costco and Sam’s Club care about their profits as a private business. Thief protection is important. San Diego airport does not care because tax payers subsidize them anyways.
Decades ago, there were attendants at the airport exits that matched your luggage tags with your luggage receipts. Why was this practice discontinued? It’s very irresponsible!
It cost money cheaper to just release them of all liability on your ticket. Today they could do something with automation where you scan a claim ticket to leave.
Yet airports pay many cops to yell at you to not stop for 2 minutes out front.
The airport doesn't want to waste money on wages for outbound baggage inspectors even though passengers pay airport service fees.
Not all Airports. There are still many airports who won't let you in if you have no business being inside.
Exactly
180 days? This crook should be locked away for years
i think because he told them everything they made a deal
Yeah, looks like a plea deal. He definitely won’t be getting away with it for long if he tries it again and a second sentence is likely to be much longer. If he’s in jail for years he will have a more difficult time leading a clean life when he finally gets out in my opinion. It’s a balance between punishment and rehabilitation.
@@fuyoutowhy offer plea deal? They have so much evidence stack against him.
What about compensation and penalty fees?
Stealing is allowed in USA
He should be permanently banned from every airport!
for stealing a church tie!
haha how?
The airport should secure the area from outsiders.
And Thefts as well!
It's very hard to know who belongs there and who doesn't. There is no way to tell
As it used to be years ago. You never used to be able to leave with a bag unless it matched your ID
@@pamelapope859 Lots of airports I've been at have solved this a long time ago, by having one-way gates (with surveillance cameras) between luggage retrieval and the areas where anybody can get to. It's not difficult to solve this problem: Don't put luggage carousels next to the main exit doors.
Is it not in USA?
Probation is not justice. This luggage thief should serve a long time in jail and payment of stolen luggage.
He won't. Because he's white. If this were a black guy, everyone would be all over his skin colour saying something stupid like "stereotypes exist of a reason" or "where are the BLM activities now?" But he's white, so not a single reference to his skin colour in this comment section.
@@cw9282If he were black, Latino or other wise, he'd gotten 10 years.
He was on probation. No wonder. The judge who set him free should be held accountable.
It is California. No one should be surprised. This State is sooooo screwed up and in such a decline. Very sad to see
no accountability in with WOKE judges
probably he returned the judges suitcase .
The judge needs to be forced to pay the people for what they lost.
Lmao. He wasn't on probation when he did it. He plead guilty for the bags, served time, and is on probation now.
180 days in jail after stealing dozens of luggage? Really?! A slap on the wrist!
Actually.. this video is an advertisement: Steal from the airport and worst case scenario is 180 days, and probably less with early release lol
When I first flew to the US, I was shocked that you have open access baggage pickup areas.
Haven't seen that anywhere else. So absolutely unnecessary.
It alarmed me too but then you live there long enough and normalise it, until something like this happens
they are too afraid they might have to pay someone to check tickets for luggage
I've seen it abroad but those countries don't have as many indigenous thieves as America.
Airports in NZ and Aussie, you get your luggage before you go through Customs security. Not on the other side where the public meander.
Probation??? No wonder he kept getting more and more bold and brazen! That should be grand theft just for the cost of all those cases alone.
One year jail for every bag stolen sounds about right to me.
That's the problem with this country: Probation. He shouldn't be allowed to fly at all now.
Every thief needs one eye surgically removed, followed by one year for each offense. Therefor, arriving in prison with one eye, prisoners already know....
180 days!!! Wow crime pays in your country. Imagine all the suitcases the police found and all he managed to get rid of before being caught. He should have got jail time at least.
It is California, remember?
Unbelievable that anyone other than ticketed passengers are allowed in baggage pick up areas. Security should also match your ID to the name on the luggage before y ou can leave. The airlines and airport should be responsible for making sure it is you picking up your luggage. These crimes are easy to prevent.
This used to be the norm at SFO and OAK in california back in the 60s.. Airlines wanted to cut costs so there have not been anyone checking and matching up luggage to the tags owners. This non sense has to stop. The criminals are running society with the help of the so called "progressives.
I agree that's ridiculous imagine how much more of that goes on and nobody cares
100% agree👍
If I remember correctly, there used to be personnel at the exit doors matching your luggage tag receipt to the tag on the luggage. At least this was true at LAX. Airports should at least make the luggage pick-up area secure just like the boarding area. Ticketed passengers only.
All airports must get ID for all luggages, just like when you have screens before entering airports...
"180 days in jail for 22 counts of burglary", plus the probation violation???? What a joke!
He must be an immigrant or the privileged class l
@@seeleygirl6178 He's white
The airport should be held responsible for such a lax system.
What kind of stupid airport design is that to begin with. Luggage retrieval right by exit with no hinderance whatsoever.
Avoid checking bags” wow that’s a really good advise
Advice.
So you pare everything down to the barest minimum lightweight clothing into a tiny carryon and getting onto the airplane you discover all the overhead compartments are full of other people’s stuff! The flight attendants insist you have to check your purposely minimal luggage which ends up on the carrousel of the damned anyway. And some jerk walks off with it!
If every single person on the plane brought their CARRY-on bag onboard the plane….where would they fit them in the overhead compartments?
The San Diego airport needs to be held accountable. The baggage area is a vulnerable and uncontrolled space! Airport security is the responsibility of TSA. All bags entering the airport are closely monitored and checked. All bags leaving the airport need to be checked and luggage tags (ID) inspected!
Not just SAN, but all US airports when handling domestic flights.
LAX is the same …. ANYONE can walk from the streets into the Baggage Arrival area. It’s scary when travelling … you might not get your baggage.
There's something wrong with an airport that allows people from outside into the baggage area ? It's a silly airport, ihope they've sorted it out by now. Daft authorities!
@@constancemusa4619 , all US airports allow anyone to enter the baggage claim area since that is also the arrival passenger pick up area. The only “secure” airport areas are the departure areas after one has gone through the TSA checkpoints.
Any airport in CA is a dump! They allowed homeless people to hang out inside the airport! Beware travelers!
Airport should put security guards and ask for tags before leaving with luggage.
Cant. Thats ray-cist and tranz-phobic
That sounds like a very annoying experience
In PHX you used to have to show your ticket with the luggage paperwork attached when leaving the luggage area. It was a quick process and I never had an issue and would highly recommend they return this process.
How people not flying can walk freely in the luggage claim facility?
How the airport allows this? Anyone from out side can walk in? Unbelievable! Never seen this in any other country!
Why is the baggage claim area so unprotected? Those usual suspects should not have access to the area.
What do you mean by 'usual suspects'?
the usual suspects. is he wrong.......................?@@dizneecyndi2179
@@dizneecyndi2179 He is being racist I think😮
@@dizneecyndi2179you know exactly what he meant otherwise you would not have ask the question!
@@gemsgemporia6376 🤣🤣🤣
I always rush to the baggage lounge because of my fear that this would happen
I lost a checked bag traveling from JFK-NYC to Minneapolis in the 1980s. It was especially upsetting because I’m a concert pianist and lost several important music scores. The bag was never located, but 40 years later one of the scores turned up in a music store in Minneapolis. It was being sold as a used copy. My name was on it, and the clerk knew who I was. She kindly contacted me (in San Francisco) and mailed it back!!! An amazing twist to a sad story. How it got to that store is the mysterious part. Someone either stole or found the bag and sold my music to used bookstores, is my only guess. It’s a shame it can’t talk to me and tell me where it was for 40 years!! 😂😂😂😂
Wow! How awesome. I'm glad that lady contacted you. There are still some decent people in the world.
@@SH-vj2ce I feel very lucky, indeed. I sent her a box of chocolates after checking to make sure she could eat them. I submitted my story to a piano magazine and they published it. It’s pretty unusual, like finding a bottle with a note in it on the beach and reuniting it with the person who sent it.
@@danielgloverpiano7693 Isn't life like this, when you've given up hope of "x" here it comes with a bow on top. I'm so glad I read you're comment. It brought a smile to my face after watching such horrible news stories. Thanks for sharing!
@@SH-vj2ce I’m glad you were moved. It was a jaw dropping thing when it happened. Yes, the world is a mess now. Stay safe and well!
Nice story !
"Avoid checking bags" ...two weeks vacation what am i going to wear?
180 days in jail? What a joke our criminal justice system is.
Actually that is pretty long. They should make him pay a big fine too. And the money given to the victims.
He needs to serve prison time for up to at least 5-10 yrs or more! If our broken unfair justice system can send a man to prison for just stealing a pack of cigarettes, then this disgusting thief with no remorse needs to be put in prison longer as well! 180 days in jail is ridiculous.
He’s an illegal
The airport has to be sealed from outsiders that’s Airport’s job to protect their passengers 😡
I agree. They need to bar entry to baggage claim, limiting access to passengers only. Pickup guests can meet arrival passengers in an area outside of baggage claim. Having baggage claim wide open and street accessible is stupid.
Disgusting!!! Theft victim here. One just feel violated and disgusted. No serious consequences to these perpetrators that is why it kept on happening.
I have a very evil and questionable way of retaliating against thugs like this.
I collect the personal information belonging to thugs like this and I go all out to make them miserable and put them at risk of being attacked or worse.
This thug in particular, I have created several dating profiles pretending to be him. He is portrayed as a desperate homosexual who wants deep penetration while being pinned by another man.
And YES this is protected by 1A and there is nothing that this thug can do about this and he doesn't even know that this is going on.
He is not the first thug that I've compromised.
He only got 180 days in jail?? The system is not working! He should have gotten at least 5 years! His punishment is so weak that he will do it again!
In other countries, baggage claim is in a secure area only accessible by those flying. The US is the only place where this is not the case.
180 days, that's it? stealing in an airport, isn't that a federal crime?
Yes, the perps should be in federal prison for a few years! The total cost of their crimes is in the thousands of dollars, even if the stolen suitcases were empty.
Not around here.
only 180 days? wtf.. should be in prison for years.
That is the whole purpose of the baggage claim ticket you get. This is so silly and easy to prevent. As far as I can remember, probably the '70's, in the San Juan, PR international airport, firstly, no one can enter the baggage claim area from the street. Secondly, they have 2 security guards posted on the only exit and they check your baggage claim ticket against the luggage you are carrying before you can leave. I am amazed I have never seen this in any other US airport. Maybe it is time to get this procedure implemented everywhere.
I remember how I was absolutely horrified when I realized that the luggage belts for regional flights in Logan Airport were all open to the public and anybody and everybody has access to it. Who the hell thought that was a good idea?
You used to have to show a baggage receipt when you collected your luggage, but I don’t think airports are even enforcing that now. I just returned to Miami from London recently and nobody was there checking receipts.
180 days in jail and Probation?? That's it?? He will be back doing it again in no time!!! Our Criminal Justice System is completely broken!!!
That’s just a slap on the wrist 😞
California😅
I think he used his Immigrant privilege card.
@@adomede 👍😂
When I fly to the Philippines there is a luggage tag on the ticket and they do random checks and that tag better match that luggage.
That’s just crazy that you can just walk into the airport and walk out with someone bags. This should not be that easy.
Arrival areas at airport outside the United States are secure not allowing non-passengers get access to the area. We are so lenient here that we are open to get victimized by thieves.
Except Delhi, India.
They actually have organized crime where the airport workers are involved with this. Luckily we caught the guy in action taking our luggages from the belt, but the airport workers were defending him not taking any action, when we brought their attention to it. They said: “he must have been confused”
I was out of my mind. 🤯
Except Delhi, India.
They actually have organized crime where the airport workers are involved with this. Luckily we caught the guy in action taking our luggages from the belt, but the airport workers were defending him not taking any action, when we brought their attention to it. They said: “he must have been confused”
I was out of my mind. 🤯
Except Delhi, India.
They actually have organized crime where the airport workers are involved with this. Luckily we caught the guy in action taking our luggages from the belt, but the airport workers were defending him not taking any action, when we brought their attention to it. They said: “he must have been confused”
I was out of my mind. 🤯
In the Philippines non passengers also doesn’t have access to the baggage claim area.
ask the Democrat dominated Congress and Whitehouse
FYI: You should always take a photo of your luggage so if ever you need to identify… you have a photo. We also now use Air Tags.
Excellent camera surveillances and great police work !!
I accidentally took a bag home that looked just like mine. I was shocked the next morning to find kids clothes inside. Fortunately I made the hour drive back to the airport to return it and there was my matching bag still there against the luggage wall. I unzipped it just to make sure it was mine. I always check inside now.
The real tragedy here is that no one would touch or even question this criminal out of fear of prosecution for violation of the criminal's false rights.
That’s a dumb talking point. No one checks because airports don’t want to pay for law enforcement staff to check for tags and business travelers would complain about delays
@@mrparts ,
Please see the comment below by cabojacks5106. I should have added that exact statement after my original sentence. And yes, decades ago, there were attendants at the airport exits who matched your luggage tags with your luggage receipts which were matched to your tickets and boarding passes. Also, only actual passengers from that one corresponding flight were allowed in the luggage claim area. There was a full chain of custody to prevent exactly this sort of pilfering and it worked, without creating any sort of delays or inconvenience. Unless of course you consider it a delay and an inconvenience to stop at the exit and wait for ten seconds while an attendant checks to make certain that you are taking only what is yours to take, with no line or delay incurred beyond the ten seconds.
Also, next time you think about accusing someone of having a dumb talking point, pause and consider that the person may know something or have experienced something that you have not. I did not pull my original comment out of thin air. I am actually old enough to have experienced such baggage checks by airport security before I was allowed to leave with my luggage. Believe me when I say this, it was no inconvenience even for business and first class passengers because we all understood how easy it was to get one's luggage confused with another passenger's luggage, and what problems that would cause. We didn't even think about this sort of theft because it was nearly impossible for someone outside of the baggage employees to do it even once before being caught. Employees didn't want to risk their jobs over a few thousand dollars worth of other peoples' stuff before being caught, so employee luggage theft was not a concern either.
These sorts of problems we face today on flights are mostly the result of deregulation. It is nice to have cheap flights, but not with the crazy behavior, overpacked seating, and poor service we have become accustomed to.
A lot of people, including thiefs, carry guns. I would never confront someone I didn't know. It's even dangerous for law enforcement.
Lesson learned? How about more than 180 days in jail for serial criminals stealing dozens of suitcases over long periods of time.
How to make this judge learn.
Hope this judge is the next victim then he will give a harsher sentence. 180 days is soooooo ridiculous
And if he’s illegal run him across the border!
Bag carousel should be blocked off from public access. This will solve it!
Incomplete solution. A fellow passenger can steal your luggage. Each luggage must be matched with its owner, as identified by the barcoded tag given by the airlines.
Years ago, one had to have their voucher confirmed with the tag on the bag. That was stopped and I was concerned about theft. My son was a fencer and we flew to many national competitions. He put his gear into a hard sided golf bag and as we realized the bag wasn’t on the carousel, the airport workers had lined the oversized items against the wall. I saw an older gentleman walking away with the only bag that looked like my son’s. The fencing sticker we had slapped on the side confirmed it and my son sprinted to prevent the man from reaching the exit. When I arrived the man was insisting it was his golf clubs and voices were being raised catching the attention of many people including security. Luckily, a security guard came over as we were physically blocking his exit. The man tried to explain that we were trying to steal his clubs and I told him to open the bag and prove that they were golf clubs, not the fencing gear and epees it contained. The security guard didn’t bother and instead asked for the voucher and the man said he didn’t have it because it was never needed. I presented the voucher, security verified it was our bag and we left. I wondered how often that happens since golf clubs are easy to sell. We bought a fencing bag that isn’t as sturdy because they are all soft sided, but knew it would never be mistaken for golf clubs.
It's unfortunate that this is happening. I have always seen it as a bad idea for anyone other than passengers to have access to that luggage area.
At the LMM airport, in the Caribbean, you will surely have a problem if you do not present proof that the bag is yours.
And no one who is not part of the flight is allowed to enter that area.
An area with security personnel.
Wow! In 2023 this is still happening. People ought to file a class action lawsuit against the Airlines charging them with negligence. This happens all over the world.
wow! thieves among us...who would have known...LOL
This is not the airlines. The luggage handlers work for the airport.
It IS the airlines who have to pay for lost/stolen, so they should have done something. The airport company /execs did not seem to care less. (long discussion). The HANDLERS got it onto the conveyer and are guiltless because their function was completed. Would someone wish to email the airports and help stop the continued theft? LA is the same, I think.@@Amen.22
It's the problem of the airports, not the airlines.
Not the airlines. It is the airport design. And the law in California that protects criminals and goes after honest citizens.
People off the street should not be able to walk into the baggage area. On my last trip, I went to a UPS Store at the end of my trip and mailed a package to my house of everything I'd purchased during my trip that wouldn't fit in my carry-on bags. I'd rather pay a shipping fee than bring larger luggage that could get lost or stolen.
I'm not surprised anymore...America is indeed full of thieves....including politicians😂😂😂
USA please wake up. It is in such a decline, the ever increasing crime rate, the homeless , the illegal immigrants , the discontent American citizens😩😩😩
Integrity ? Where is it?
They love to protect criminals than the law-abiding citizens.
Mainly politicians!
How did he get in to that section of the airport?
Simple solution, close off that section except for ticketed passengers.
More security measures should be made by the airport authorities. These crooks should be stopped.
In the airport of my country nobody from the outside have access to the luggage area only the passengers, anyone else have to wait for the family outside the airport. That's a good option for the airports here in USA.
First of all how come he have access to this area where he is not even a passenger,,,,
SD airport staff steal
It's No Wonder these THIEVES don't learn anything, he will be back STEALING ALREADY. 180 DAY SENTENCE IS A JOKE🤬
Yeah make it 2 years at least
Non fliers should not have access to baggage areas
..."unless he's flying"? Give me a break, banned for life is more appropriate. This coddling of criminal conduct has to stop.
You got to love the judicial system in America. Years of investigation, hundreds of victims and the judge gives this crook 180 days in county jail!
They're no concrete laws in America
This is outrageous! AND INEXCUSABLE! As a seasoned traveler, I clearly recall having baggage claim tickets that matched the tags on our checked luggage; and airline personnel at baggage claim making sure the luggage was actually ours.
Seasoned traveller but life and education inexperienced. You must complain about everything changing in life then! I’m a seasoned food eater, I remember when prices were lower! 🤣
You can’t get out of Best Buy holding anything without showing your receipt but people can just stroll up to the baggage carousel and take whatever they want. Plane tickets cost too much for terminals to cheap out on luggage security!
@@Jitterbuggn Its a domestic airport, international airports have customs which separates the zones. Additionally, airports have zero incentive to increase the security as airlines/credit card companies are the ones at risk for reimbursement, by which this is a minor business operational cost not worth investing in several airports.
@@hoopslaa5235 What you dont remember is a time when your brain cells worked properly🤣
@@marciabarreto780YEP ! youre soo correct! So glad Ive already been around the world 5x and own a few homes in SoCal beaches! SOo glad I already used them to my success and you brokies in bumfuq ohio crying ad hominem attacks cant counter any of my arguments! BAHAhaha
Why isn't baggage pickup in a secured area?
Another tragedy here is that the criminal received only 180 days in prison and then probation with the condition that he not go near airports unless he is flying. The judge who gave such a lenient sentence should be disrobed and disbarred for life. This is why criminals don't fear the law, and they don't fear victims because the public is punished any time they lay a hand on a criminal.
THANK YOU ! And what is more, he will think up another similar scheme to victimize the honest, law abide citizen and if caught will get the same slap on the wrist. I so agree with you, and it is also a tragedy that law abide citizens can´t do anything.
I never understood why the baggage claim area isn’t in a secure area. Anyone from the public can walk in, grab someone’s bag and walk out as if nothing is going on exactly like this dude. He was arrested because he did it too many times, but think of how many people have never found their belongings. Airports should not allow non-passengers in the baggage area.
Remember when an air port officer stood at a gate leaving the baggage claim area and checked bag tags? luggage theft is going up. Why don't the TSA people check bags going out? There certainly are enough of them. at the AP checking your sox
180 days? He should get 5 years for this and pay restitutions to victims.
Airport authorities should take this seriously. Japan has security assigned per carousel and also checking the tag before leaving the airport.
Airlines have quickly become the Greyhounds of the sky.
In India your bags are checked for matching names against your passport before going out the airport.
BANNED FROM FLYING AND HANGING AROUND IN THE AIRPORT…MENTAL CASE!
Baggage should be protected, no one should be able to walk in off the street and pick up your luggage.
I always dash to the baggage claim after landing. I worry about my bag being stolen because the area is open to public and no one is checking.
The suitcases of the arrival flights should not be released on the conveyer belt; instead, they should only be released upon scanning the barcodes on the baggage tags that are printed for the passengers when they check in their flights.
Tell me your airport security is lax without saying your airport security is lax.
A few years ago at Tel Aviv airport I observed an Asian man with a luggage cart full of suitcases attempt to add my luggage to his cart. I screamed across the room, "THAT IS MINE! PUT IT BACK!!!" He did set it down and walked away. If I had been delayed a few minutes I would have lost my very expensive medical equipment.
I wanted to keep that equipment with me on the plane, but I was forced to check it in.
I always put AirTags in my luggage. Everyone should.
Majority of people I know don’t put anything valuable in checked in luggage. Basically it’s just dirty laundry and toiletries.
maybe it's a Japanese pervert, looking for used undies
I remember years ago they had people standing at the door and you had to show your stuff or id
2 years in jail…WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE JUDGE WHO TOOK THIS CASE..THANK YOU
180 days in jail ?What a joke. That should be minimum 1 year in prison . 2 time three years . Third time six years . Forth time 12 years.
This "serial luggage thief" is served only 180 days in jail then on probation ?? No wonder this crime will be worse.
The punishment is just too small.He got away easily.
I have seen drug addicts and other homeless and mentally ill people sitting in the airport as if waiting for a flight. So anyone can get in the airport without difficulty.
I've seen reports of SFO and ORD sidewalks covered with homeless bums. So easy to step inside to get to a baggage carousel and grab a bag.
Agreed. All Airport areas need to be 100% ticketed passengers only.
So rather than adding some sort of verification method (airport people checking luggage against passenger tickets) it's suggested paying with a credit card and pass the lost/stolen luggage cost onto consumers??
only 180days in jail!!!! ridiculous - the airport should be held Accountable - absolutely no security at that luggage area
180 days? There’s nothing that includes justice there. That guy should be locked up for an extremely long period of time. You know that he will do it again somewhere else. Shame on them for letting this idiot go.
If he dressed up as a drag queen, he'd be let off without serving prison time. Ask Sam Otis Brinton.
Yep!💯 Those idiots allowed the crime to happen again.....
The other reason this happens is that in the U.S., generally luggage areas are open to outsiders coming in and taking bags. In Canada, luggage carousels are behind secure areas, open to travellers only.
In UK as well only travelers can access baggage area
US is retarded
The ridiculous thing is that to add manned entrance/exit checkpoints where every luggage tag is matched to the passenger's receipt would be so inexpensive for airports to do. This used to be standard in every airport I ever went through when I was growing up. In the meantime, passengers might consider hiding a tracker (like an Airtag) inside every piece of luggage they check in.
As others mentioned, i find it odd that the luggage claim is on public domain until i saw it in san francisco. That is dangerous
In my country you have to pick up your luggage and pass another last scan until you are out, so you are gently forced to remember all your bags before going out to the outside arrival lobby.
Awesome reporting and great investigation
There's also a lot of that kind of incidents here in Las Vegas too. We were also victims of these thieves the first time we moved here.
Air port must block access to unauthorized people to come in side and grab luggage of passengers.
In India you can’t get in side the airport if you’re not passenger you have to stay out on curbside to pick up your guests
It's a shame that there are so many thieves in this world. Regarding this situation, my advice would be:
* if you can avoid checking in bags, do so. If I'm traveling by myself and it's a trip that's a week or less, I don't care if I can check in my bag for free, I simply don't, unless I'm planning on bringing something back.
* If you have to check in a bag, NEVER put anything super valuable in it. No laptops, iPads, noise cancelling headphones, camera gear, just clothing and toiletries
* As the old man mentioned in this video, try real hard to get to baggage claim right away and stay right where the bags enter on to the carousel, so you can immediately see it
* Always, always, ALWAYS, if you have to check your bag in, put an AirTag in it. I put it in one of my socks, so no thief will be able to find it without carefully going through every piece of clothing. This way, if somehow the thief does get your bag, you can quickly locate it.
He stole so many bags, yet only got 180 days in jail, which is disheartening. Not even six months. At a minimum, he should be ordered to pay back every single victim and there should be an auto lien placed on anything he owns or buys in the future. He goes and buys a car? Put a lien on it so he can never sell it or trade it in for another car. If he owns a house? Forget it, he'll never be able to sell it or even refinance it or take out a HELOC loan until he pays back these victims. Basically, it needs to be that his life is on hold until he pays them back, so he realizes just how hard these people worked for their possessions and how hard he'll have to work to make them whole.
Nobody should be allowed to luggage area from outside. How hard is it to do ?
Airtags and smarttags people, time to add trackers to your every luggage. 😎
I had a delay getting my bags in Hawaii, but knew they got moved to late baggage area by simply checking the app.
Yes unfortunately the world has changed and people need to show their airline tickets to pick up luggage. There needs to be security posted with all the taxes we pay on a ticket
Why the entry/exits are so close to the luggage belts is hard to understand, from a security point of view. Some kind of one-way system needs to be put in place so that only travellers leaving can use the exits and people are prevented from entering freely.
Because people want to get to ground transportation without walking an extra mile with all of your bags.
Only 180 days in jail!!?
LUGGAGE AREA HAS TO BE ONLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE ARRIVING ON FLIGHTS AND NO ONE ELSE...
America is different now. You can’t trust People now, specially those came here illegally. Every Airport in America should now have gate only for Passengers. And those people coming in from outside, should have no Access on the Carousel…
Was there a study done on airport luggage thieves that determined that “especially those who came here illegally” are more to blame than say people whom immigrated here legally or those born here? Could you please add a link as if find this fact intriguing and would like to learn more.
This is squarely the fault of the airlines concerned. Their responsibility cannot end with the end of the flight. It must include responsibility for passenger luggage. It is strange that there are so many checks before boarding a flight and none for retrieving your baggage intact.
Airports are responsible.
How come the airports dont have people checking the luggage tags with receipts anymore? I remember you couldnt get out of LaGuardia Airport Baggage area without tags matching receipt.
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Can you imagine the backlog that would cause? There are thousands of people going in and out.
Please dont do this.
If the airport authorities make just a bit precautionary measures, this type of things would not ever happen
It’s airport authorities’ negligence. They should be liable for these kinds of problems. The authorities must check the boarding pass with luggages- stickers