JFK Baggage Handlers Busted in $40K Handbag Heist
Two Kennedy Airport baggage handlers are under arrest after police say they stole pricey handbags from a traveler’s luggage and put them up for sale on eBay.
Elepcia Barrientos and Lenny Hernandez were charged Thursday with grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property.
The Queens residents swiped the Chanel and Hermes bags in June from luggage that a woman arriving from London had reported missing. They delivered the luggage to the woman the next day, but got away with two handbags worth a combined value of $40,000.
Police say they closed in on Barrientos and Hernandez after detectives found the handbags listed on the eBay auction website.
This article appeared in print on page 3 of edition of Hamodia.
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