Ridgefield airline employee caught swiping $576 from passenger’s wallet, Port Authority police say

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A United Airlines employee from Ridgefield was caught snatching $576 from a passenger’s wallet in a screening tub at Newark Airport yesterday, Port Authority police said.

Jerry DeMarco

03/24/2015 3:20 p.m.

Surveillance video showed Joseph A. Bruno, 52, removing the cash after the 57-year-old West Caldwell victim put his wallet in the Terminal C tub around 5 a.m., the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.

The victim immediately reported the money missing, Pentangelo said.

Authority officers found Bruno a short distance away and arrested him.

The cash was returned to the victim, who then “resumed his travel plans,” Pentangelo said.

Bruno was charged with theft, he said.

MUGSHOT: Port Authority PD

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