Two Miami airport workers sentenced in baggage thefts

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Two Miami airport workers sentenced in baggage thefts

MIAMI (AP) ? Two Miami International Airport baggage handlers were
sentenced Thursday for stealing items from checked luggage being loaded on
British Airways flights. U.S. District Judge Donald L. Graham sentenced
Javier Munoz and Onelio Vento to probation, house arrest and community
service. Munoz received three years of probation, 120 days of house arrest
and 100 hours of community service. Vento received three years of
probation, 180 days of house arrest and 300 hours of community service. The
court also ordered each defendant to make monthly payments to British
Airways to repay $1,500 in damage and loss claims. Four others were
sentenced last month. The six were employees of Aircraft Services
International Group, a company contracted by British Airways to load and
unload baggage for its flights. The employees were supposed to work in
groups to conduct surveillance on each other to prevent thefts from baggage
inside the cargo hold. But an investigation revealed that during a 10-day
period last September, the defendants broke open zippers of luggage inside
the cargo hold and stole jewelry, personal electronics and other items, an
indictment said.


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