New York, NY – 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.
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Elepcia Barrientos and Lenny Hernandez were charged Thursday with grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property.
Information on their lawyers wasn’t immediately available.
Port Authority Police say the Jamaica, Queens residents swiped the Chanel and Hermes bags in June from luggage that a woman arriving from London had reported missing.
Police say the pair 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 the 39-year-old Barrientos and 42-year-old Hernandez after detectives found the handbags listed on the eBay auction website.
Detectives recovered the bags.
who has handbags worth so much money?
“Al tistakel b’ma sheyesh boi, ello b’kankan”!
Rich people who need lots of expensive items to feel better.
You may not agree with their choices, but rich people have the right to spend their money foolishly. Even if I had the money, it’s unlikely that I would buy one of those bags. People spend millions on paintings that I wouldn’t, but it means something to them. It’s capitalism and it works for me.
It’s the geneiva that is troublesome whether it’s a nickel that belongs to Rockefeller, or a $20,000 pocketbook.
At least these two ganovim were NOT Jews.