Oregon Portland International Airport bag handler accused of stealing guns from passenger's luggage

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Source: Portland International Airport bag handler accused of stealing guns from passengers' luggage


A 26-year-old man who worked as a baggage handler at Portland International Airport was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of stealing six guns checked in passengers' luggage.

Deshawn A. Kelly is alleged to have stolen from five people who checked their bags at the Portland airport between Aug. 28 and Sept. 18, court records show. All of them reported their handguns missing after getting their luggage back at their final destinations.

A Portland police detective placed replica guns in bags twice as bait to determine who was swiping the firearms and narrowed it down to Kelly, according to a probable cause affidavit. Investigators searched Kelly's home Tuesday and found five of the six guns reported missing, and Kelly admitted taking them, the affidavit said.

Court documents show he was convicted in July of attempted possession of a rented or leased motor vehicle, a felony under Oregon law barring him from having or handling guns.

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[308]

Name him and shame him

 

[Member 5605]

Come on, he didn't do anything...

 

[Stomper]

Should spell his name, "Duhshawn".

 

[Certaindeaf]

I heard the democrats are going to nominate him for the supreme court.

 

[Hawaiian]

No. He is a good boy who was just starting to turn his life around. Have mercy. NOT!

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

SB941 should have prevented this

 

[308]

SB941 should have prevented this

Right on!!

 

[No_Regerts]

Come on, he didn't do anything...

I see what you did there....

I prefer large posteriors and I can not deceive.

 

[clearconscience]

And he is a convicted felon.

You mean to tell me laws don't work?

 

[308]

And he is a convicted felon.

You mean to tell me laws don't work?

So I guess this means he was next in line for a TSA job until this little indiscretion occurred?

 

[CountryGent]

I'm shocked! And by that, I mean I'm totally not shocked. Air travel these days is a complete dumpster fire from beginning to end.

 

[CountryGent]

So I guess this means he was next in line for a TSA job until this little indiscretion occurred?

 

[drstrangelove]

How in the hell did a convict get a job behind TSA security in the first place... WTF? Airline and PDX are responsible for the stolen items!

 

[Ura-Ki]

So, lets get something strait here, You and I are required to Check our firearms in a TSA approved gun case that is supposed to be secure and inviolate and these firearms are supposed to be handled in a very specific manor by airline personal from the time the firearms are turned over to their care until they are returned ( for our security) and yet some how some P.O.S. Baggage Handler is allowed to handle these firearms, AND he was able to make off with them unchallenged? Where are the TSA agents who are supposed to search the baggage handlers? Something smells like rotting fish here!

 

[Ura-Ki]

And, Lets not forget, Firearms theft is a Fed Felony!!!
They need to burn this dude, full extent of the law!

 

[Capn Jack]

Convicted of a Felony in July and still working for TSA in Sept.
Is the supervisor his brother-in -law?

 

[Ura-Ki]

You smell that? It smells like an Inside Job to me!

 

[albin25]

That guy seems to be the inevitable result of pushing "diversity" and "social justice".....
...….over "qualifications" and "actual justice".

 

[MountainBear]

So, from what I understand from the news, they baited him, suspected him, but let him go back to work the next day, where he (allegedly) stole another case with two more guns. That's interesting.
Just so happens the last two he stole were high end customs and one had sentimental value to its owner (I know this last theft victim). Add to that, they are saying he obliterated serial numbers, so none of the owners may get their property back...
Always a fine line between careful police work and slow walking a case. This might have been pushing the line.