"Airport screener charged with stealing money from passenger"

Tuesday, June 8, 2004

Airport screener charged with stealing money from passenger
The Associated Press


PHILADELPHIA - A screener at Philadelphia International Airport was
charged by federal authorities Tuesday with stealing $335 from a
passenger who was passing through a security checkpoint.

Nathan Cox, 34, of Philadelphia, was screening passengers and their bags
at the airport's Terminal E on Feb. 16 when he allegedly stole the money
from the belongings of a person who passed through his checkpoint,
according to court documents filed in U.S. District Court.

Airport spokesman Mark Pesce referred questions to the federal
Transportation Security Administration, Cox's employer. Ann Davis, the
agency's Northeast regional spokeswoman, declined to disclose whether
Cox, an airport screener since October 2002, had been suspended or
fired.

If convicted, he faces up to one year in prison and a $100,000 fine,
authorities said.

A telephone message left at Cox's home Tuesday afternoon was not
immediately returned. It was unclear whether he had a lawyer.


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