Suspect arrested after being chased through Atlanta airport with stolen suitcases

ATLANTA — A person is now going through expenses after police mentioned he snatched two luggage from a baggage carousel and took off operating.

Police say officers at Hartsfield Jackson Worldwide Airport noticed a person seize two luggage on Dec. 20.

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They are saying after grabbing the bags, he took off operating by the terminal. Officers started chasing him by the airport shouting for him to drop the luggage.

The suspect, later recognized as 29-year-old Chase Pittman, tried getting out of the airport and bumped into the MARTA station linked to the airport terminal.

Physique digital camera video reveals an officer catching and arresting Pittman close to the MARTA station earlier than he was capable of get on one of many trains.

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Each of the stolen luggage had been returned to their rightful house owners.

Pittman was booked into the Clayton County Jail on expenses of theft by taking and stealing luggage from an airport terminal.

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In November, Channel 2 Motion Information launched physique digital camera footage of a former Atlanta Falcon, Damien Parms, being arrested after allegedly taking a bga off of a baggage carousel, taking it into the toilet and stealing a telephone charger out of it earlier than placing it again on the carousel.

Police advised Channel 2 after Parms’ arrest that baggage theft is uncommon at Hartsfield Jackson Worldwide Airport.

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