2 baggage handlers arrested at LAX

LOS ANGELES – Two baggage handlers are accused of stealing $10,000 and hundreds of items from luggage at the Los Angeles International Airport.

KCBS-TV reported Friday that Roman Jaime and Carlos Garcia were arrested Oct. 30 on the tarmac. Police recovered 272 items at their homes, including purses, cameras, computers and cash.

Police say undercover officers became suspicious of the pair because many of the flights they worked had reports of thefts from baggage.

LAX police would not elaborate on the case Friday night and it was not immediately clear if either suspect had an attorney.

Lara Uselding, spokeswoman for the Transportation Security Administration, says more than 460 transportation security officers nationwide have been fired for theft since May 2003. She says that represents 0.4 percent of the agency's workers.