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BY NICOLE BODE
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Thursday, September 25th 2008, 11:13 PM
It was a jewel of an idea.
Three American Airlines baggage handlers in California ransacked the same jewelry-filled suitcase that had already been looted at Kennedy Airport, police said.
The trio then planned to have someone pose as the owner of the suitcase and spirit the remaining baubles out of San Francisco International Airport.
The bling-hungry handlers were rounded up Thursday on charges of stealing the bag on Aug. 25 and trying to pawn the gems.
The West Coast crew had no idea the bag of Manhattan jeweler David Diamond had already been partially emptied of $280,000 in diamonds and gold that morning at JFK, cops said.
American Airlines workers Angelo Riviello, 38, of Queens, and Albert Acevedo, 47, of Brooklyn, have been charged in the JFK theft. They face up to 15 years in prison if convicted, said Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.
Workers for an American subcontractor, Air Serv, noticed the abandoned bag when it arrived in San Francisco after being rerouted from Los Angeles, authorities said.
Three workers - May Frances Escario, 22, Sula Fafotu, 24, and Roberto Lopez, 27 - allegedly hatched a plan over Labor Day weekend to have someone pose as Diamond and claim the bag before the real Diamond could.
Escario's boyfriend, Nestor Reyes, 33, was nabbed the next morning wheeling the bag out of the apartment they shared - still containing $210,000 worth of jewels, authorities said.
The team was charged with grand theft and embezzlement.
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BY NICOLE BODE
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Thursday, September 25th 2008, 11:13 PM
It was a jewel of an idea.
Three American Airlines baggage handlers in California ransacked the same jewelry-filled suitcase that had already been looted at Kennedy Airport, police said.
The trio then planned to have someone pose as the owner of the suitcase and spirit the remaining baubles out of San Francisco International Airport.
The bling-hungry handlers were rounded up Thursday on charges of stealing the bag on Aug. 25 and trying to pawn the gems.
The West Coast crew had no idea the bag of Manhattan jeweler David Diamond had already been partially emptied of $280,000 in diamonds and gold that morning at JFK, cops said.
American Airlines workers Angelo Riviello, 38, of Queens, and Albert Acevedo, 47, of Brooklyn, have been charged in the JFK theft. They face up to 15 years in prison if convicted, said Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.
Workers for an American subcontractor, Air Serv, noticed the abandoned bag when it arrived in San Francisco after being rerouted from Los Angeles, authorities said.
Three workers - May Frances Escario, 22, Sula Fafotu, 24, and Roberto Lopez, 27 - allegedly hatched a plan over Labor Day weekend to have someone pose as Diamond and claim the bag before the real Diamond could.
Escario's boyfriend, Nestor Reyes, 33, was nabbed the next morning wheeling the bag out of the apartment they shared - still containing $210,000 worth of jewels, authorities said.
The team was charged with grand theft and embezzlement.
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