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Spirit Airlines flyer tracks down her stolen luggage to airport employee’s Florida house with her pinging Apple Watch
nypost.com ^ | June 5, 2024 | Richard Pollina

Posted on 06/05/2024 2:48:32 PM PDT by lowbridge

A Spirit Airlines passenger managed to track down her stolen luggage after it vanished when she arrived at a Florida airport — using one of the stolen items to aid in her desperate search.

Paola Garcia had been waiting for her small pink hardshell luggage, containing several Apple products like her personal MacBook and two Apple Watches, at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport’s carousel after returning home to the Sunshine State, Local 10 reported.

The exact timing of the incident remains unclear, but Garcia’s desperation to find her stolen property led her to the apparent culprit’s house even before local cops.

Garcia told the outlet she always carried on her luggage without issue, but this time, Spirit Airlines employees made her check the bag before she departed from New York.

She panicked as she watched others grab their bags from the carousel, and her luggage didn’t appear.

“In my mind, I’m thinking I need my computer because I go to the university, I need my computer no matter what,” Garcia told the outlet.

Garcia said she waited “at least two hours” before giving up hope that her luggage would arrive on the conveyor belt.

Spirit Airlines employees told Garcia not to worry and that her luggage would be sent to her house, she told the outlet.

The next day, she began receiving a ping from one of her Apple Watches — except it wasn’t coming from the airport but 15 minutes away at a Fort Lauderdale home.

It was the home of Junior Bazile, who worked in the retail store Paradies Shops at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by Local 10.

Determined to get her belongings back, she went to the home, found her suitcase and her things, and immediately called 911.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: airlines; applewatch; crime; donate2freerepublic; florida; floridaairport; ftlauuderdale; getbackontopic; heyyogi; juniorbazile; luggage; macbook; paradiesshops; spiritairlines; theft; travel
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To: zzeeman

N0pe. Y0u g0t it...


2,201 posted on 10/02/2024 2:05:58 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: Tax-chick; ArGee; Monkey Face

No not murdered ,yet. I keep an eye on the script in-tray just in case.
The Uk is a Mess. That’s why i’ve not been around much.
The self appointed are monitoring all known social media sites...so observe their activities before surfacing.
1984 has been taken as a guide book.

The Election was a socialist victory. Chaos is reigning in the corridors of ineptitude.

Everyone i know is largely healthy, just brassed-off with the state the country has been pushed into. Two tier policing Etc....

The weather...(at last on to the main points)...The summer has consisted of mostly rain. Rudely interrupted by the occasional sunny day.
Almost no Birds have survived the Flu outbreak, just a few ducks, and very few insects either.

Not all gloom and doom, tourist numbers are up.
And my favourite bookshop is doing well again after a huge drop in sales.


2,202 posted on 10/02/2024 2:07:31 PM PDT by moose07 (Reconfigured but still in need of fixing.)
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To: Dead Corpse

🤣 I was trying to be neighborly... LOL


2,203 posted on 10/02/2024 2:09:03 PM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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To: Dead Corpse

The Wife has taken the Lada because the Tank has been taken in for service by the Bear.
My quilted jacket has been wrapped around the nuclear reactor in the basement due to a radiation leak.
So i’m cold and catching the tram today.


2,204 posted on 10/02/2024 2:11:59 PM PDT by moose07 (Reconfigured but still in need of fixing. 3-5-7)
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To: moose07

Cyka blyat...


2,205 posted on 10/02/2024 2:27:00 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: moose07

At least your sense of humour is still intact! When that goes, I’ll really start to worry.

Tell yer mum I said “hi” I haven’t been to Facebook much so I don’t see her often. I’ve found “Reels” and recently, they’ve had some young British lads who are guinea pigs for American fast food. Your scones look like our biscuits, but the real test was when they put Southern sausage white gravy on, then added some crispy fried chicken. I had to watch every one of those clips several times and laughed like the dickens! Then they tried Souther sweet tea — on ice! “Who puts ice in tea?”

They weren’t impressed with Taco Bell’s fare but they really liked Wendy’s!

I’m sorry about your country going sideways. That’s pretty sad, actually.


2,206 posted on 10/02/2024 2:30:49 PM PDT by Monkey Face ( ~~ Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised. ~~ Aragorn ~~ LOTR III)
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To: zzeeman
W00t!
2,207 posted on 10/02/2024 2:31:31 PM PDT by Monkey Face ( ~~ Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised. ~~ Aragorn ~~ LOTR III)
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To: Dead Corpse; ArGee

Good job, guys!


2,208 posted on 10/02/2024 2:32:22 PM PDT by Monkey Face ( ~~ Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised. ~~ Aragorn ~~ LOTR III)
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To: moose07

Well, it sounds like things are going swimmingly. Keep your chin up!


2,209 posted on 10/02/2024 2:34:45 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?)
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To: Dead Corpse

Spasibo, tovarich

:D


2,210 posted on 10/02/2024 2:46:46 PM PDT by moose07 (Reconfigured but still in need of fixing. 3-5-7)
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To: Monkey Face

“Who puts ice in tea”

A very good question.

Wendy’s...could be the local franchise, but not the best.
After you see the painted mural on the wall, you cant go in there again. Looks like an abduction scene.

Will tell the Boss you said ‘Hi’. She does ask about you from time to time.

“country going sideways” (Churchill voice) We’ve been through worse. Things are brewing ,so stay tuned. But don’t hold your breath...could be bit of a wait. There is a cup of tea to be had first.


2,211 posted on 10/02/2024 2:53:38 PM PDT by moose07 (Reconfigured but still in need of fixing. 3-5-7)
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To: Tax-chick

Absolutely spiffing ,what(?) :D


2,212 posted on 10/02/2024 2:57:08 PM PDT by moose07 (Reconfigured but still in need of fixing. 3-5-7)
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To: moose07

More tea?


2,213 posted on 10/02/2024 4:06:42 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?)
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To: Tax-chick
Where to find the best cream tea in Devon | Coast & Country Cottages
2,214 posted on 10/02/2024 5:43:20 PM PDT by moose07 (Reconfigured but still in need of fixing. 3-5-7)
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To: moose07; MayflowerMadam; dakine; GOPJ; fanfan; ColdOne; Cyber Liberty; null and void; Tax-chick; ...

2,215 posted on 10/03/2024 2:17:24 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?)
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To: moose07

Tell your mother I said thanks for asking! That is kind of her.

What kind of sweet things are on those scones? They look delicious!


2,216 posted on 10/03/2024 4:40:28 AM PDT by Monkey Face ( ~~ Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised. ~~ Aragorn ~~ LOTR III)
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To: Dead Corpse

:-D


2,217 posted on 10/03/2024 4:43:22 AM PDT by ArGee (If ignorance is bliss, Congress is one happy place!)
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To: zzeeman

w00t!


2,218 posted on 10/03/2024 4:43:42 AM PDT by ArGee (If ignorance is bliss, Congress is one happy place!)
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To: moose07

I certainly hope all of that Mess doesn’t follow the sun from there to here.

Hang in there, Moose. The pendulum might swing back without requiring a complete disaster.


2,219 posted on 10/03/2024 4:46:35 AM PDT by ArGee (If ignorance is bliss, Congress is one happy place!)
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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face; NicknamedBob; null and void; no-to-illegals; Silentgypsy; ColdOne; ...

Good morning. Happy Friday Eve!

B-I-L got in safely last night and I got to bed just after midnight. The Palliative Care doctor is visiting tomorrow and B-I-L wanted to be in town to talk with him.

With such a late bedtime I’m with kitteh.

I’m back to my par on Wordle today with a very interesting staircase pattern.

Wordle 1,202 4/6*

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⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
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2,220 posted on 10/03/2024 4:50:02 AM PDT by ArGee (If ignorance is bliss, Congress is one happy place!)
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