Newark Liberty Airport screener charged with stealing electronics from luggage
Transportation Security Administration agents are supposed to be the first line of defense against terrorists. Not Pythias Brown. An airport screener at Newark’s Liberty Airport, he has been accused of swiping electronic equipment from luggage.
So you’re a travel theft victim — now what?
Your hotel room has been burglarized. What now? Sometimes, no matter what you do or how careful and observant you are, you may become a travel theft victim. Ned Levi knows, because it’s happened to him.
10 tips to protect valuables from travel theft
Cash stolen at TSA security checkpoints, belongings taken from checked-in luggage at airports or cruise terminals, jewelry stolen from hotel rooms or cruise ship staterooms, handbags slashed and stolen while strolling down a promenade are making travelers victims every day. Ned Levi has 10 suggestions to protect yourself.
What a steal!
Air travel has plenty of problems these days (terrorism, bankruptcy — you name it), but maybe what you should be worrying about is theft. No, not the ticket price. Or the price of coffee at the airport. Or even those airline CEOs getting away with robbery every time they cash their paychecks. No, the thief James Wysong means is the one sitting next to you on the airplane. In this column, he reprises 10 tips from an earlier column.
Aren’t those paintings included in the price of the room?
It’s not just towels and bathrobes that hotel guests sometimes take home in their suitcases. Amy Bradley-Hole has seen all types of things “go missing” from hotel rooms over the years: lamps, paintings — even an ironing board. Why is it that people think stealing from hotel rooms is OK?