Two Louis Armstrong Airport baggage handlers arrested for $79,000 watch theft

Baggage handlers Thaddeus Porter, 42, of LaPlace, and Morris Robinson, 18, of Metairie, were arrested on September 24 and charged with felony theft of property worth more than $25,000 at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.

The theft involved a Patek Philippe Aquanaut valued at $79,050 that was packed in a passenger's checked luggage from Los Angeles to New Orleans and was missing when the bags were collected, after both locked suitcases were forcibly opened; airport security footage led investigators to the two men, who each posted a $25,000 bond and were released on September 25, with a court date set for November 23.