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Ex-airline employee sentenced for stealing guns from bags
AP ^ | 30 November 2021 | uncredited AP

Posted on 12/01/2021 12:54:17 AM PST by blueplum

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former Southwest Airlines baggage handler was sentenced Tuesday to six months in prison after pleading guilty to knowingly possessing or receiving stolen guns.

Federal prosecutors said Mark Hunter of St. Louis was charged after a passenger traveling through St. Louis Lambert International Airport reported that a pistol had been reported stolen from his luggage.

Federal agents investigated and found seven reported thefts of guns from luggage checked on Southwest over a five-month period in 2020.

After comparing Southwest scheduling records...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airlines; banglist; checkedbaggage; guntheft; southwestair; theft
busted by a time card
1 posted on 12/01/2021 12:54:18 AM PST by blueplum
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To: blueplum

Should be a mandatory, no parole, five year federal penalty.


2 posted on 12/01/2021 2:35:32 AM PST by Fireone (When they pry them from my cold, dead, unvaccinated hands.)
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To: Fireone

41 months if you walk into the Capitol.


3 posted on 12/01/2021 4:38:00 AM PST by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/zNLpfEDliV0)
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To: redshawk

“41 months if you walk into the Capitol.”

I believe they got him on violating the dress code there.


4 posted on 12/01/2021 5:29:27 AM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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To: blueplum

I highly recommend buying a Tile tracker (https://www.thetileapp.com/en-us/), cut a slit in the foam and insert the tracker in the foam, prior to sending the firearm through the airlines.

The cost is between $15 to $50 per tile depending on model and is a good way to prevent your case from being lost or stolen.


5 posted on 12/01/2021 5:39:38 AM PST by taxcontrol (The choice is clear - either live as a slave on your knees or die as a free citizen on your feet.)
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To: blueplum

Basic detectiving 101, Who are the available suspects?

Shocking that FBI found a Bad Guy.

Don’t let that happen again.


6 posted on 12/01/2021 6:39:42 AM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable. STILL)
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To: blueplum

I wonder how his sentence will be compared to 41 months in prison for peacefully trespassing while carrying the American flag?


7 posted on 12/01/2021 7:08:03 AM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that most of the media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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