Two TSA workers who pleaded guilty to stealing $40,000 from a drug mule’s luggage were each sentenced to six months in prison today.
Coumar Persad and Davon Webb admitted in October that they stole a portion of $170,000 that they found in a passenger’s bag. Persad noticed the money as it went through the X-ray machine and told Webb to mark it with tape to identify before it was put onto the American Airlines flight to Buenos Aires.
The money belonged to a 35-year-old woman who authorities were unable to contact in Argentina and feared she was killed because of the misplaced money, according to sources from an initial report.
Persad, 44 of Jackson Heights, remained unapologetic for his actions and Webb, 31 of the Bronx, kissed his wife before he was tossed back into the slammer to begin the six month term.