Man tracks stolen luggage at Atlanta's airport, finds man wearing his clothes

Atlanta police have arrested a man accused of stealing luggage from people at the airport. “This silver one here, I have a tracking device in it and I tracked it to you. And you have my shirt on...that’s insane. My shirt and my jeans,” the victim said.
The full story: 2wsb.tv/42NbhIA
SUBSCRIBE: www.youtube.co...
ABOUT WSB-TV CHANNEL 2 ACTION NEWS:
WSB-TV Channel 2 Action News is your home for breaking news, live video, traffic, weather and your guide to everything local for Atlanta and North Georgia.
CONNECT WITH WSB-TV:
Visit the WSB-TV Channel 2 Action News WEBSITE: www.wsbtv.com
Like WSB-TV Channel 2 Action News on FACEBOOK: / wsbtv
Follow WSB-TV Channel 2 Action News on TWITTER: / wsbtv
Follow WSB-TV Channel 2 Action News on INSTAGRAM: / wsbtv

[@livinglife5463]

The airlines charge baggage fee to customer and made 100's millions of dollars but nobody to check customers bags. What a shame.

[@ytsux9259]

Back in the day, security checked for tags of baggage claims before letting customers through. Not anymore!

[@sylviarobinson5952]

What a SHAM😮

[@j-willy4137]

Six Flags charges for parking but takes zero responsibility if someone breaks in your car while you’re in the park. Business practices like this should be illegal.

[@normmac953]

That’s ridiculous! They should bear the responsibility for sure!

[@rnettles6241]

Less is more... I guess.

[@keyshiakeyshia40]

So disrespectful to not only have someone violate you & steal your luggage but to be wearing your clothes too😢

[@kevincloud574]

I agree. But also sad if the perp was just homeless and reasoned that people at the airport have more money and more to lose than him and rationalizes so that he can steal from them to sustain himself. Well either way he's gonna be somewhere where he won't be starving for a while

[@deltahomicide9300]

Happened to me at my apartment laundry room. Caught her out in the street wearing my shirt.

[@intrsttejunkie9165]

I am telling you this guy is working for the Biden Administration. They just arrested Sam Britton a couple of months back for stealing women's luggage and then wearing her clothing.

[@jasoncruz19800]

@@deltahomicide9300 loooooool

[@jasoncruz19800]

Its disrespectful but I couldnt stop laughing. That's so hilarious

[@billaveda6408]

The airports and airlines don't do jack to protect your luggage when it leaves the plane and goes to the terminal. Travelers are on their own.

[@thomasholt63]

Bingo

[@debbiebernhardt5406]

The security just has been breached in airports.

[@ytsux9259]

​@@debbiebernhardt5406 No, there's no security for baggage claims at most airports nowadays.

[@binkersbonkers244]

Never had a problem with my luggage showing up to my final destination. Must be doing something right

[@Jane-yg3vz]

Sometimes it's the employees themselves stealing from passengers.

[@SandraHof]

I am 67 years old and remember the days when we could not leave the airport with bags without showing our baggage claim tickets to prove they were ours. You are practically strip searched going through TSA, but people can walk out with someone else’s bags. Maybe need to reallocate some TSA employees to baggage and let us leave our shoes and belts on.🙄

[@Jetsetfastfood]

TSA is not there to protect us. TSA is there to intimidate citizens and to normalize our lack of rights.

[@the3mfs359]

Wonder why that practice stopped. With todays technology, there has to be a way to check bags going out of the airport.

[@abqneely]

@@the3mfs359 It’s expensive to manage such an operation and it’s irritating to the passengers to have to wait for exit. In fact, my recollection is that Hartsfield-Jackson was the last major airport to discontinue the practice.

[@JalikaTunkara]

My "developing' home country still does that

[@abqneely]

@@JalikaTunkara I’d be ok with it myself as I’m from Atlanta originally. Unfortunately, people’s patience is very short, especially Americans which makes it unlikely. Also, the cost of lost bags is far less than the cost of security. Not gonna happen in this country because the economics don’t justify it.

[@420GratefulHippie]

Yeah! Back when I was a kid in the 70's and 80's when checking your bag was still free, the luggage handlers outside at the curb would want to see your plane ticket to verify that you're actually a passenger, put a ticket on your luggage and give you the tear off stub. When you got to your destination and picked up your bag from baggage claim and went to walk outside the airport there were airline employees standing at the exit checking to make sure your stub matched the one on your baggage. If it matched you were allowed to leave the airport with your bag. Those "luggage guards" as my mother called them were a permanent fixture at airports. What the hell happened to them?

[@bmacaulay18]

I still get the ticket when I have checked luggage. No one cares on the other side though. You are 100% right.

[@itisimichael7485]

9/11. They started funding TSA most likely

[@waynechernick3526]

Not cost effective.

[@dianebrady6784]

I miss the Sky Captains. They were wonderful porters.

[@CaptainData-gp4qm]

Now they just have big fat ignorant bl women with bad attitudes barking orders at you!

[@bfg1836]

I fly a couple of dozen times per year. In the past 20 years, flying into dozens of airports, I have not once been asked to verify the luggage I have is mine.

[@LikeSpee]

The US or abroad 🤷🏽‍♂️ The closest I came was coming thru customs at MIA and I got pulled for some type of random check. Other than that, it’s more or less the honor system.

[@Liam1694u]

I know. I don't think Wendy has ever flown before.

[@andydaniel2]

There was a time when a view airports had checks as you left baggage claim. Happened to me a handful of times. In those days it was a manual check. Today, they could have scan your boarding pass and the bag tag and verify that it's yours.

[@arribaficationwineho32]

@@andydaniel2 agree. But was years ago and was a great practice and we never stood in line for it…..it was immediate

[@WalkawayRene12]

This is why I don't check luggage anymore....I have learned to pack light with a backpack only since my luggage has been lost twice before.

[@thomasholt63]

Great work

[@Itsnotavailable]

“Lost”

[@mikalabaker6110]

Smart.

[@luigivincenz3843]

been doing that for YEARS. Learned from the old Pappy' to travel LIGHT, esp. if it's domestic. IF I do bring luggage, it can be something that can be replaced. Clothes can be replaced. Obviously, you have your passport, money, laptop in your hand-carry. I don't know people bring their entire wardrobe with them. People are just chronic hoarders..

[@thuandao4243]

Never leave anything valuable in ck bags……Zero security at baggage claim, anyone can walk up & steal…airports won’t compensate you properly.

[@maryjogreen1706]

This stuff makes me so mad! No one has the right to take your things!

[@slapshot68]

It should be a federal crime if it took place at an airport, if u act disorderly at an airport, it’s a federal crime, the same thing should apply to thefts

[@tjmmcd1]

This is a FARBRICATED, MAKE-BELIEVE STORY, ffs.

[@godbluffvdgg]

Those places with the bars are for those people...No worries.

[@filthism1659]

And the thief was SLEEPING IN THE AIR PORT what the hell is up with that???? They need to stop letting the homeless sleep in places like this

[@gertexan]

Yep. Where the hell are the airport police? This nation is falling because we are by default allowing this behavior. No body wants to "hurt" their feelings. If it is not the gate agents or baggage handlers or non-binary FJB official Sam Brinton stealing your luggage it is the damn homeless people you are being allowed to camp out at the airport.

[@Whatwhowhy567]

Give him a room to sleep in problem solved

[@abdulazizalzut8963]

they need to bag the homeless, stuff them in suitcases and leave the suitcases on the carousels for a few days

[@VeganDoris]

They need to build shelters for people experiencing homelessness, who are more often victims of crimes than they are criminals. It’s wrong to blame all people experiencing homelessness.

[@Cockerham]

What's the best place to sleep if you don't have a home?

[@AllenHanPR]

One time my friends went to the bar and we went home and realized one of our friends phones was missng. We used one of our friends other phones to track it, was going all over the place, we later found out he put his phone in his own backpack and it was on silent, so we ran around town tracking ourselves.

[@ms.p5183]

😂😅

[@louellarobertson8074]

😂🤣😂🤣😫

[@printovations]

😂😂😂😂 that friend owes everybody dinner for that! Like a puppy chasing its tail lol!

[@LGibbs-sg8tz]

Dying😂

[@Gin-mz5wo]

I was expecting better from you being asian

[@seamoreplant]

The thief had two hands two feet he could stand and walk. Seems like he could work and take care of himself. Thieves just aren't afraid of the consequences.

[@wirelessuser4943]

He was an illegal immigrant !! 👍😎

[@dionnect007]

Exactly!! That's what pisses me off about thieves, all that effort they put into stealing they could have applied that very same effort to get a Damn job.

[@albeit1]

If you can steal luggage, you’re able to wash dishes. One of my first jobs (the washing dishes!)

[@judiber2088]

There are NO consequences.....ENJOY the New World order !

[@Bear4196]

Work is the only thing they're afraid of. And we're letting in so many unvetted illegals you can bet your money it's gonna get worse!

[@BolinasRoyalBurks]

Thank God the guy goes through great lengths to keep track of his expensive belongings 👏🏾 kudos to him.

[@thebodykeepsthescore2828]

Thank technology you mean. Not a bronze age rape and slavery-endorsing warlord

[@jay-t1030]

This was definitely not his first or last time doing this. As soon as he get release he'll be right at it again.

[@West_Coast]

New wardrobe, deodorant, toothbrush, supplies, etc…, every week with nothing to lose

[@nanzingdadi3205]

I might jus take up this profession as well. Looks damn too easy 😂😂😂

[@bmacaulay18]

He is probably already back at the airport.

[@jeffl4802]

Yeah. as soon as he gets out, he will be homeless again. How dare he.... moron... learn about life and stop trash talking the less fortunate.

[@jeffl4802]

@@West_Coast Imagine not having those things.... oh wait you cant. Entitled prick

[@kimc.b]

That’s good of him.sometimes we have to take justice in our own hands bc we can.

[@jeffl4802]

When exactly did he do that? When he called the cops? You have a flawed basic understanding of how things work.

[@eugenecaldwell9619]

​@jeffl4802 He took justice in to his hands by being smart enough to put a tracking device on his luggage and confront the guy until police got there.

[@eugenecaldwell9619]

Honestly taking justice in to your own hands is normally the best option because you can't depend on the justice system to give you justice.

[@andym8533]

In most countries, there is no access to the luggage area , People are also subject to a luggage tag check before exiting the guarded area. It's completely ridiculous that these areas are accessible to just anyone. Also if there were luggage tag checks, former Department of Energy Official Sam Brinton wouldn't have been able to steal Tanzanian fashion designer Asyakhamsin's luggage.

[@nanzingdadi3205]

Same in my Country . U don’t have access to baggage except ur a staff or have a valid ticket of arrival . Also there’s an attendant to verify ur bag to ur ticket stub. M surprised a developed country like America doesnt have this . Tot it was the norm in all airports . Sheessshhh😂😂😂

[@_Just_Another_Guy]

Exactly. My home country is still a developing country but it's international airport has luggage claims before the passenger checkpoints where they check your ticket and passports. So once you get off your flight, you can claim your luggages then head to the checkpoint stations before you're in the general public entrance lobby.

[@goodgame3374]

I don't think that's common in most countries but maybe it should be

[@KB-ke3fi]

That Brinton guy is a complete freak. How the hell did he get that job?

[@gervanmyers3066]

NOT A PROBLEM WHEN WE WERE CIVILIZED (mostly white travelled) i am black started working in the industry in the late 60s...when travellers wore hats and gloves...FOREAL

[@joseluki]

This is so crazy, in my country people that are not arriving from a plane cannot access to bagage claims, so random people showing up at the airport cannot steal anything.

[@luisvelez5695]

Because you live in a poor country

[@West_Coast]

Do a better job at keeping the homeless out, and include federal charges for stealing luggage.

[@michaelgabriel7919]

I doubt security could (or should) be trying to identify homeless persons. Wouldn't it be better to enforce some type of security around the baggage claim areas? Sort of like it USED TO BE. i remember traveling during the 70s, 80s and early 90s.... you couldn't exit the baggage claim area WITHOUT a claim ticket that MATCHED the luggage you were trying to leave with. It seemed to work pretty good.

[@maxwells2602]

You can't have a trust system in a society that contains a large number of untrustworthy people.

[@VeganDoris]

Years ago, they used to have staff at the baggage carousel to check to make sure your baggage claim ticket matched the tag on your luggage. I guess the airlines now figure it’s cheaper to pay claims to customers whose luggage is stolen than to pay employees.

[@essenceyoung6587]

Agree!!..ppl think I’m crazy because I always run to baggage claim because I’m afraid of someone coming up stealing my luggage.

[@samanthamcnallywatercolors]

I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often, but thanks for announcing it to all the potential thieves about how easy it is!! Good work WSB-TV.

[@charlesstevensEnki]

Had his shirt and pants on! Unbelievable

[@thomasholt63]

Definitely demonic souls don't care about nothing but to cause chaos and death

[@DaGreatUniter]

😂

[@jwad297]

Why is that unbelieveable? Look at the stunned bastard.

[@charlesstevensEnki]

@@jwad297 🤔........ .😂🤣😅

[@jobturkey7418]

Got his boxers on too. Those are my skid marks!

[@TheLyric300]

Dude literally stole this man's stuff and found a spot to chill at IN THE AIRPORT smh.

[@decemberdarling6058]

Totally getting a couple of air tags now.

[@vickiefinney6073]

The thief couldn't even zip the jeans 😂

[@GregMoress]

Make your bag look unique and they'll leave it alone. I've seen suitcases with the owner's face postered onto it. But you can just get a can of paint and make a big 'X' on both sides and you can easily identify it on the carousel, or if someone tries to walk off with it... so they'll leave it alone.

[@rnettles6241]

I got biohazard stickers on mine.

[@samueljenkis6253]

That trick would work for most everyday people. A homeless dude would just think to himself how weird the bag was as he walks away with it, lol!

[@brsu184]

​@@rnettles6241 you lucky you got 2 even put it on the plane LOL😅

[@gmamose9152]

Very wise to use that tracking device, great job!

[@luckytahlula6515]

Good for you, young man! You just make sure you stay safe, you're a jewel. I don't want anything happening to you. You're in my prayers,. God bless you.

[@judithvallembois2744]

The thief needs prayer too.

[@rpm2night]

This is something I've always worried about. Most airports' baggage claims seem to have very little security. As others have said, the airlines are making a lot of PROFIT off baggage fees. They need to step up their game in protecting our luggage, and our security in these areas!

[@enzop2835]

People can literally just go to luggage claim and pick up anyone's luggage. It's wild.

[@warped2875]

I remember a time when you could not leave baggage claim with baggage if you didn't have the matching stubs. They actually checked everyone. Not sure how it went if you lost your stubs, as I kept them secure. I assume that you had to somehow prove that the luggage was actually yours once nobody else showed up to collect it with the stubs after a certain period of time. That was also a time when you had to be dressed appropriately to fly, before flying somehow turned into a virtual Greyhound bus ride in the sky.

[@Beckonor]

The audacity. If it wasn't for those airtags, Jameel would be screwed.

[@mikejohn0088]

He had $3K of "stuff" in his suitcase? I highly question that as the shirt pretty much proves that pt.

[@Vanixic]

@@mikejohn0088 How you gonna pocket watch what another person has in their bag? 💀bro isnt gonna put on a suit that he finds to sleep on the airport’s floor.

[@mikejohn0088]

@@Vanixic ---That guy had NO suits in his baggage = you can't see the obvious just seeing the stolen T-shirt the homeless guy was wearing. If you place valuables in a checked suitcase you are dumber than the suitcase---that's why carry on bags exist.

[@jeffl4802]

LMAO... yeah its a shame he stuffed $3000 worth of stuff into a bag. Sure wish i even had $3000 worth of stuff myself. It must be nice to take that much with you on a weekend trip that costs just as much.

[@jeffl4802]

@@Vanixic Yeah... he wouldnt even think about using it to get a job or anything.... oh wait, my bad. I thought i was an insensitive prick like you for a second

[@hulonthesurvivor5884]

Respect this man for not punching the suspected thief in the face. Strong character.

[@jeffl4802]

Disrespect for having him arrested instead of helping him.

[@bigdrip54]

​@@jeffl4802 lol

[@MMCUSN]

There used to be a security check point with physical barriers at the baggage claim and you would have to present your ticket and they would match it to the tags on the baggage. I don't fly anymore if I can get there by automobile.

[@asthecrowflies737]

You can be that creep will steal someone else's luggage when given the chance. Kudos to that fellow for being vigilant and putting a tracking device on his luggage. So sad to think it has come to that now.

[@_PAIGE94]

People are ridiculous! Glad he found his belongings

[@PyroShields]

They should put baggage claim where only passengers have access to it and not the public.

[@commonsensecorner7275]

I used to work at an airport and have gone to other airports, at 48 years old, I can’t think of any airport that has actually checked to make sure people were picking up the luggage that belong to them!!! 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@commonsensecorner7275]

@@richardg1426 Sure, that was before people were using airplanes to crash into buildings… There’s a documentary on Hulu called “The Fifth Plane“. I was living in New York during 9/11, so I’m not quite ready to watch that just yet!!! 😞

[@johnp139]

They at least to do this in El Paso.

[@journey2mee]

Honestly. Your airports are so different to ours in the UK as baggage claim is located airside which mean you cannot get into that area unless you have a ticket and gone pass security. Only way is if another passenger did take the bag. Thankful I have never had any trouble with my luggage when travelling.

[@Joe_Peroni]

This shows a major FLAW in using baggage carousels. Most of us expect to pick up our luggage & not to have some criminal STEAL it, so credit to the guy who had the awareness to use a tracking device ! 👍

[@gchsbus]

I GIVE THIS PASSENGER A LOT OF CREDIT. Luggage, at least to me, is very personal. That is my stuff with my clothes I put on my body. If someone did that to me and I tracked and found him, I would have punched him in the face. Now.... if I found the guy and he was also wearing my clothes, I would probably be kissing my life as I know it a big goodbye because I would probably beat that person until they were a bloody mess and I would most certainly go to jail over it.

[@sistakia33]

I always asked what kept people from grabbing whatever bag they wanted?!

[@janiejustesen3087]

Morals. They are lacking now

[@keeperlit.leterrip7722]

I know it isn't always possible, but I usually get to baggage claim before the bags start rolling out so the instant I see mine I grab it.

[@stjohnbaby]

Very smart to have a tracking device!Glad he got his things back,hope he tossed the clothes the guy was wearing,disgusting.

[@ytsux9259]

In many airports, it's extremely easy for outsiders to walk up to the baggage claims. In my city's airport, the baggage claims area is right next to the outside entrance/exit doors and anyone can just walk in and out. It's quite concerning.

[@Pomelu]

they should make them airside like in a lot of airports

[@lindaj5492]

Not concerning if you’re a terrorist 😳

[@TheSuzberry]

Add to the insult of finding a thief wearing your clothes stolen from a luggage carousel, he had to pay extra money to check his bag.

[@mattbosley3531]

Some airports actually have a checkpoint with a person who verifies that you're only taking bags that you have a claim ticket for. Obviously Atlanta isn't one of those. I normally travel with only a carry-on bag because it's faster and easier. Shipping things may be more expensive but at least you can be more certain they'll get there and on time.

[@CrankyHermit]

WSB -- By showing and explaining how easy it is to do this, your reporting has just ensured that more people will now try it, and thefts will increase. Good job.

[@rickdaniels1789]

That's almost as bad as police robbing you of your cash at gunpoint and calling in "Civil Asset Forfeiture".

[@WHSmith-zk2ox]

Wutever....

[@soundhealer6043]

@@WHSmith-zk2ox kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGKuk6ekhLyJZsU

[@geraldboykin6159]

WARNING: The homeless are taking refuge at ATL airport.

[@bmacaulay18]

@@geraldboykin6159 Your warning is a couple decades late. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@HopelessObserver]

Drug money, right?

[@Dr.OSIFOF]

Now we know how baggage gets lost “mysteriously”, despite the ridiculous luggage fees!🙄

[@jedilorditchyballs1365]

I'm going to bet more people will steal luggage now that this video informs all how easy it is to get away with theft 😮

[@thomasholt63]

Yeah they are already on it demonic souls don't care about nothing but to cause chaos and death ☠

[@jeffl4802]

I bet people make themselves homeless after seeing someone homeless. OMG..... dont show gay people on tv either. Imagine the consequences!

[@bigdrip54]

​@@jeffl4802 give up dude lol

[@jeffl4802]

@@bigdrip54 Stalker trash

[@baylincoln7264]

Wow that was smart to put something in your luggage and track it down

[@marcielynn4886]

Was he in charge of nuclear waste?

[@mikejohn0088]

Only when nature calls.

[@hotbluflame2933]

This is EXACTLY why I never check bags. If I need anything more than a carry-on, I mail my things to myself (a tip I learned from a friend who worked for the airlines). It generally costs less than baggage fees and if you’re staying at a hotel with a concierge, they will have your package sent to your room when you arrive.

[@robertnicholls9917]

I've done that.

[@MrJSpicoli]

Clogs up overheads and is unaware of unintended consequences.

[@hotbluflame2933]

@@MrJSpicoli overhead bin spaces and airplane seats are like hot dogs to hot dog buns - not enough of the former to accommodate the latter. And I have no intention of crossing my fingers and hoping that the airlines get my stuff to where it needs to be.

[@MrJSpicoli]

@@hotbluflame2933 I've flown lots more than you and have had one issue. You are fretting over nothing. Bring your valuables carry on and relax. I bet you stay up to be the first boarding party too. Try a camomile tea. I hate you people stuffing your crap in the bins. I recline on them.

[@alexstone1808]

"Your lucky he wasn't wearing your wife's clothes". "LOL"

[@grantr5417]

And in charge of nuclear concerns 😮

[@leemarie414]

This catch is too good to be true! I can only imagine how both of them felt at the exact moment they knew who each other were. This video is straight gold!!

[@ironmaiden4396]

Every time I flew in to ATL airport, I would "Race!" to the baggage claim because after the first trip, I saw this. I was like, "disturbed" that anyone could grab your suit case...They need to change this. Cray cray. LOL!!! Omg!

[@ae2948]

Thanks, Atlanta for the journalism and for sharing some of it on YT.

[@Daisy-tl2lh]

No doubt there is a whole industry making a living off this scam

[@annardh2006]

This is why I only bring carry-on luggage. The tracking device is a game changer! I'm glad he was able to find his luggage.

[@jasminespencer3992]

In some airports they used to have security who would match the baggage tags with the luggage at the door before you were allowed to leave. They used to have that at LAX along time ago😊

[@AllenHanPR]

Well in the 90s only 14 million people traveled in a year and only 1-3 times a year, so they would check baggage, but now in 2022 there is over 190 million people and a lot of people do it over 10 times that travel in a year. It's almost impossible to have that kind of manpower these days.

[@mikalabaker6110]

Good job young man! I thought you had to show luggage tags/tickets to get out of luggage claim area? Someone is NOT doing their job!!

[@brittanyfehlings6838]

Nope, once it is off the plane, they dont give a darn, anyone could grab it, no one checks, scans anything, just grab and go

[@unclephil_4072]

It's never been like that

[@jvc-1241]

Unfortunately this is getting out of control, and over time, if there are no standards that punish this attitude, no one will be able to avoid it.

[@_Just_Another_Guy]

The air tags is a good idea. But also put mini key padlocks on your luggages so they don't get opened by whoever is handling them. Some travelers even wrap tape around their luggages so it'll be easy to tell if the seal has been broken and the luggage has been opened by someone.

[@MishaMishaSoprano]

Agree. Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for TSA employees intentionally break and discard these locks, because they're too lazy to grab the tsa key to open them to inspect luggage. Common at Tampa Airport. They've even broken built in tsa approved locks, permanently damaging new luggage. I have to buy multiple tsa locks because of this reason, and carry spare locks. Still i lock.

[@michaelgabriel7919]

I remember (back in the day) having to produce a baggage claim ticket in order to exit the baggage claim area (carousel). Why did airports stop doing this? Apparently airports and associated security agencies are EXTREMELY concerned with our bags before and during our trip... but not so much after. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say airports stopped securing carousels because... they don't have to. I not a frequent flyer, I usually travel by air three times a year (holidays and vacations) but I imagine this is a bigger problem than just this incident. Thankfully I have never had any items stole.Lost, delayed and damaged, YES... stolen NO... but I am going to be installing a tracker on my luggage for my next trip. That should be a suggestion on Trip Advisor

[@masonkanterbury3007]

I don't care if it's a monthlong trip. Everything is carry on.

[@ihatekids1541]

Baggage claims should never be anywhere near an airport entrance or exit.

[@poe-]

The usual suspect rhymes with the word digger.

[@ashlibabbittcroakedit9108]

No they didn't shoot up that Christian school killing two 9 year olds. They had your complexion

[@scroungyredneck936]

@ Poe lmao it sho wasn’t whypeepo

[@sargelaforgia4787]

I was at Charlotte airport last week. When I went to luggage claim to get my backpack I noticed their was no security and baggage claims was right by the exit. Anybody could just grab a bag and walk out.

[@DrSleep-ep6cw]

you don't touch a black man's luggage boy, I wonder how many weeks probation that thief's going to get.

[@thomasholt63]

One hour in the holding cell and then released back into the wild 😂

[@Gioodude92]

Tracking device for luggage? Smart man.

[@supportmytroups7]

Was in the airport last week. This really bothers me that anybody can just walk in from the street and take luggage. It took 1 hour to get through customs and my luggage was stuck there all that time. Surprisingly in 3rd world country Mexico, baggage was in a flier only area and they checked tickets before handing it over, way better solution

[@jeffl4802]

In America its a public place and anyone can be in a public place. If you have a problem with that you have a problem with freedom. How about you concern yourself more with what caused tis mans misfortune and not why hes where he is physically?

[@judiber2088]

WE are becoming a THIRD WORLD country....Vote Biden and his corrupt friends out !!!

[@bigdrip54]

​@@jeffl4802 wrong again lol

[@youngtiteakachamp]

Just this past weekend I was on standby and didn't make my flight. I ended up changing to the next flight at a different airport but my bags were still going to the original airport. By the time I would land at the new airport at 12am the baggage claim office at the original airport would already be closed at 11pm. I asked my brother to pick up my bags at the original airport then pick me up from the new airport. He told me he got stopped by security/police. He was lucky to have his ID, we have the same last name. He explained the whole story and they let him go. That's what needed to happen in this story.

[@mikejohn0088]

I flew every weeks on business years ago and most airports then (20 yrs. ago) had security at all doors matching your luggage tag with the other half stapled to your flight envelope. I guess that disappeared due to cost but not that alone. They want to complicate air travel so demand will diminish.

[@ytsux9259]

Yep, most airports nowadays don't do baggage claims security check anymore. 😢

[@issaahmed8504]

@mikejohn0088. " They want to complicate air travel so demand will diminish" please explain further, thanks.

[@mikejohn0088]

@@issaahmed8504 They have big plans to contain freedom of travel that's why they are pushing EV, raising gas prices while giving notification that combustion powered cars will no longer be produced within 10 yrs. (or sooner); they have plans constricting movement for total control.

[@sjTHEfirst]

And right now there are a couple of brothers saying “Damn, that would be easy! Let’s hope down to the airport and pick up some new clothes.”

[@sourcemoney336]

"Sharing is caring".🤣🤣

[@thomasholt63]

Stink up people clothes when you steal them 😂

[@jvc-1241]

The problem is in the person, who goes beyond the principles and values ​​of honesty. To do what is wrong based on their need, but for that there are options.

[@troppe4295]

This happens all the time in many airports around the world. Seems like an inside job in the airport. Otherwise, with all those officers that stop you as you exit and customs, how would someone exit with a luggage that's not theirs. Kudos for the tracking devices. The guy has probably been doing it for a while. He's not alone.

[@luxaeterna3246]

He had my shirt on, that's insane... and my jeans !🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@abdulazizalzut8963]

stolen bags? Let me guess, it was the usual suspects. What a surprise! Thank you Stacy Abrams

[@joeblow26]

Everything moves too fast at an airport to have someone there making sure you're the person that's on the baggage you're taking. The only thing you can do is push and shove your way off the airplane so you're at baggage claim first!

[@TexRobNC]

I've never been to an airport where the exit to outside was more than 30 feet, and I've been to almost every state via air travel, so don't act like that's odd. That's how airports are.

[@ldc5603]

This is one reason why people have been rushing to the baggage carousels for years especially now that airports are allowing homeless to hang out there.

[@JCole78]

Got to love that if an AirTag is used for something like stalking they’re all quick to point out it was an Apple AirTag, but when it’s something like this and it was used for something good all they say is it was a “tracking device”.

[@s2ke072]

Took his whole fit except his 🧦 &/or👟? Either that or he was airing out them puppies out? Glad he got his belongings back

[@Bubby1100]

Good for him, for being smart enough to think ahead, track his luggage, and get the police involved.

[@_A4A]

That's my biggest anxiety about flying/traveling is having airport employees or thieves stealing my luggage and I lose everything, because it happens every day so its just a matter of time!... 🤯

[@juliej5917]

Smart guy for having a tracking device. These airports need to step it up.

[@youngweas186]

Dam, homeless dude thought he came up. Can't believe they can just walk in their.

[@samsami5231]

I’ve been to too many airports around the world you cannot walk outside the airport until you match your tag with your luggage tag

[@MishaMishaSoprano]

Scary that US airports CHOOSE to allow anyone to walk away with luggage, potentially containing legally declared firearms and ammo, that doesn't belong to them. But hey, let's focus on what is really important. At least this doesn't affect their profits, so no problem here.

[@peterdobson3435]

Glad to hear that Jameel got his luggage back. Those tracking devices are sure nice to have in a situation like this.

[@TexRobNC]

Isn't it weird? We used to do baggage claim tickets back when it wasn't really needed, then we stopped when it was

[@SteveSmith-eb6ze]

Glad that man got his property back, thanks to him, I will purchase some of those tracking devices, good move!

[@paulinelozana600]

So true. I want a tracking device. Airport should pay for them for their customers.

[@sonyab2u974]

Thats so true a woman mistakenly took my luggage and I had to push the issue because I had hers so it I knew someone had to have mine(we had the same luggage) we flew on the same airplane. So i asked them to see if they could tell who may have gotten mines and they called her and she checked the tag and it had my info on it. She tried to say “can we bring it tomorrow “ but luckily the workers told her no you have to bring it back now plus I had returned hers to them so they told her that she must bring mine back now. Ppl are just terrible these days im glad he got his stuff back but there should definitely be someone there making sure nobody takes the wrong luggage and/or steals someone’s luggage

[@TrinityTwo]

As someone said, you get strip searched before going on a plane, but someone can literally come off the street, head to the baggage claim, and leave the airport with your luggage and no one says a word? Make it make sense.

[@mrkroeger]

Many thanks to the reporter for clearly pointing out to all theves how close the exits are to the baggage belts. Also props to the reporter for placing the blame on everyone but the criminals.

[@JackieOwl94]

This is why my luggage is never checked anymore. I always bring a duffel always within eyesight of me. It also makes it so much easier to go from flight to flight.