Two Spirit Airlines workers face fees over theft of passenger’s $500 Louis Vuitton bag | EUROtoday

Two Spirit Airlines workers had been charged with theft after a passenger left behind her $500 Louis Vuitton wristlet.

Olukunle Idowu, a 49-year-old Spirit Airlines supervisor, and one other airline worker, Hyacinth Linton, 56, had been charged with petit theft. The Miami Herald first reported the alleged theft.

The incident occurred at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on October 19 when a passenger, about to board her Spirit Airlines flight to Austin, Texas, left behind her Louis Vuitton wristlet — which the sufferer valued at $505 — on the counter on the airport gate. The wristlet was given to Spirit workers working on the gate.

Surveillance footage captured Idowu discovering the wristlet three days later inside a drawer, “took possession of it,” and regarded inside it, courtroom data say.

Idowu then took the wristlet to a different gate two down, the place he took a full stock of its contents. Linton then joined Idowu on the gate, the place she poured the contents onto the gate’s counter. But inside seconds, Idowu scoops these gadgets right into a plastic bag as Linton places the wristlet “deep inside” her backpack, data say.

Idowu then discarded the plastic bag within the trash, in keeping with the affidavit.

Idowu was arrested on November 21 and has pleaded not responsible to a cost of petit theft valued at greater than $100 and fewer than $750. No bond info appeared for Idowu however jail data recommend he’s now not in police custody. The Independent has contacted the Broward Sheriff’s Office for extra info.

Linton was arrested on November 13. She posted a $500 bond and is now not in custody. She’s not but entered a plea after being charged with petit theft value underneath $40.

The Independent has reached out to the airline for remark.

Spirit Airlines advised the Miami Herald in an announcement that one worker has been suspended and the opposite is on a depart of absence.

“We are aware that two employees were charged in November for an alleged theft,” Spirit stated in an announcement. “One employee has been suspended without pay, and the other is on a leave of absence. We are conducting a thorough investigation into this matter and will take further action as deemed necessary following the conclusion of our investigation.”

“Spirit conducts background checks on all employees consistent with applicable law,” the assertion continued.