Couple arrested in stealing luggage after Asiana Flight 214 deadly crash

 

Sean Crudup, a customer service representative for United Airlines and his fiancée, Raychas Thomas, face charges of grand theft and commercial burglary.

 

Sean Crudup and Raychas Thomas were arrested on suspicion of stealing luggage after the Asiana crash killed three and injured 180 others.

One couple allegedly saw dollar signs when Asiana Flight 214 burst into flames.

A United Airlines employee and his fiancée are charged with grand theft and commercial burglary after allegedly stealing passenger luggage after the Boeing 777 crashed at San Francisco International Airport.

  They allegedly swapped some of the loot for about $5,000 at a Nordstrom in Pleasanton, Calif., and kept the rest.

Following the deadly July 6 crash, airlines redirected incoming flights to other California airports — but many passengers' luggage still reached the San Francisco airport, where it started to pile up.

 

CNN The opportunists were caught on video taking luggage that piled up at the San Francisco Airport after other airlines redirected their flights.
 

  Security cameras show Sean Crudup, a customer service representative for United, rummaging through the heap and handing bags over to Raychas Thomas and another unidentified woman, the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office said.

Crudup and Thomas were arrested as Thomas was catching a Hawaii-bound flight on July 25.
  Crudup pleaded not guilty July 26. Thomas is scheduled to appear in court Aug.

26 for her arraignment. They could face up to four years and four months in prison if convicted of these felonies, reported CNN. Both are free on bail.