{"id":364512,"date":"2026-10-05T02:04:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T02:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/364512\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T02:04:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T02:04:21","slug":"new-orleans-airline-baggage-handlers-swipe-nearly-80k-watch-from-travelers-luggage-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/364512\/","title":{"rendered":"New Orleans airline baggage handlers swipe nearly $80K watch from traveler’s luggage: cops"},"content":{"rendered":"

A pair of pilfering baggage handlers at a New Orleans airport swiped a nearly $80,000 Patek Philippe watch<\/a> from a passenger\u2019s luggage, police said.<\/p>\n

Thaddeus Porter, 42, and Morris Robinson, 18, were busted for allegedly snatching the luxury timepiece from the luggage of a man who had flown from Los Angeles to the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport on Sept. 24, NOLA.com reported.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Two baggage handlers swiped a luxury watch from a flier\u2019s luggage Sept. 24 at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, cops said. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Investigators from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff\u2019s Office said they reviewed security-camera footage and were able to identify Porter and Robinson, who worked handling baggage for the traveler\u2019s airline, as the thieves.<\/p>\n

Authorities said the victim told cops that when he got his bag, he noticed it was ripped along the zipper \u2013 and that his pricey Patek Philippe Aquanaut, valued at $79,050, was gone.<\/a><\/p>\n

Patek Philippe Aquanaut 5168G Swiss watch displayed on a stand in a store. I Viewfinder \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n

Cops arrested the alleged thieving duo that same day and booked them into the Jefferson Parish Correctional Facility, charging them with felony theft valued over $25,000, court records show.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Patek Philippe Aquanaut 5167A Swiss watch. I Viewfinder \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n

Records show that a day later, Porter and Robinson posted two separate $25,000 bonds, according to court records.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Porter and Robinson could not be reached for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pair of pilfering baggage handlers at a New Orleans airport swiped a nearly $80,000 Patek Philippe watch…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[10997,303,3686,9,11,10,797,58,11847],"class_list":["post-364512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-airlines","tag-crime","tag-new-orleans","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-theft","tag-us-news","tag-watches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}