Posted on 09/14/2023 6:22:15 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
A former Delta Airlines worker and his crony accused of stealing a bag containing more than $258,000 from JFK Airport “made a tremendous mistake” – leaving receipts behind in their getaway car that led to their arrests, prosecutors said as their trial kicked off Wednesday.
The FBI found the car with the incriminating receipts five days after the Sept. 24, 2019 heist and arrested then-Delta ground services worker Quincy Thorpe and his pal, Emanuel Asuquo Okon, who are now on trial in Brooklyn federal court for the theft of the Miami-bound cash – which has not been recovered.
“The money was gone but the defendants had made a tremendous mistake,” prosecutor John Vagelatos said during opening statements Wednesday.
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Morrie kept bugging them for his share of the money.
The theft of the Miami-bound cash – which has not been recovered.
Well the FBI was on the case
Morrie bugged them one too many times, as it turned out.
Could be. As long as they have someone to blame, any port in a storm. Yup, the usual suspects.
HOW DID THEY KNOW THERE WAS $258K IN THE BAG?
Stacks was always crazy. Instead of getting rid of the car like he was supposed to, he got stoned, went to his girlfriend’s, and by the time he woke up, the cops had found the car. It was only a matter of time before they got to Stacks.
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