Apple’s AirTag has been in the news for both good and bad reasons lately. The device had been helpful in recovering lost items but it has also been used for stalking people. There had been numerous reports of how the AirTag had been helpful in locating stolen luggage. This time, it involved a 19-year-old airport worker who stole luggage containing an AirTag and was later nabbed with items from another stolen airport luggage.

The Apple AirTags, in combination with the FindMy app, is very helpful in locating stolen or lost items. A press release by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) has announced the arrest of Giovanni De Luca on two counts of grand theft. The suspect worked as a subcontractor at Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport and is accused of stealing two separate pieces of luggage from the airport.

The first incident involved a suitcase with items worth about $1,600 which went missing from the airport. Fortunately, the suitcase had an AirTag attached to it and it was tracked to the Kathy Court area in Mary Esther. Another traveler thereafter reported that more than $15,000 worth of valuable items had been stolen from his luggage.

The Police were able to pinpoint De Luca as one of the airport staff living in the Kathy Court area and paid him a visit in his home. During the visit to De Luca’s home, the AirTag and the missing valuables from the second incident were recovered. De Luca also admitted going through the first victim’s luggage and taking the Apple AirTag that was inside the bag. However, other belongings from the first bag are yet to be recovered.

The police authorities are praising the fine collaboration between the airport authorities and the police in solving the crime. The criminal obviously did not realize what an Apple AirTag is or is capable of doing, but kudos that he was caught.

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