Police: New York airplane cleaner pocketed 1,429 liquor bottles
By Associated Press
Published: Apr 24, 2015 at 5:57 PM PDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Police say airplane cleaner has been arrested on charges she pocketed nearly $15,000 worth of contraband from grounded planes, including nearly 1,500 unopened bottles of liquor.
A spokesman for Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police says Juanette Cullum has been charged with grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property.
Joe Pentangelo (pehn-TAN'-jeh-loh) says a witness told American Airlines security officials the 48-year-old Brooklyn woman was stealing property at Kennedy International Airport.
He says detectives interviewed Cullum and searched her apartment, finding 1,429 bottles of unopened liquor, seven iPads, two laptops, 19 Kindle tablets and toiletries.
Calls Friday to American Airlines and Cullum's employer, AirServ, weren't immediately returned.
It wasn't clear if Cullum has an attorney.
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