Last week I saw on the news a report about luggage being stolen off the baggage carousels at airports. I often wonder why most airports did away with fencing that used to be around the carousels, which in order to get out of the fenced in area you had to match your baggage ticket stubs to the bag you are trying to roll out of the area. I sought of can't recall when all this changed?
The biggest location of this issue, appears to be the Denver International Airport, which was published in a November 10th, 2025 report by travel expert, Johnny Jet.
Apparently, it takes awhile to deplane and get down to baggage claim, which means by the time you arrive, your bags will be waiting for you. Now, this is a dream scenario to think that your bags will be there, instead of the dreaded wait for the carousel to kick on and the bags start rolling out of the chute. Usually, you are trying your best to make small talk with your chauffeur as you wait. And wait. Not in DIA.
It seems the majority of the thefts are from one guy. They have video of him, but they just can't nab him. Look online and Google DIA baggage thefts. His picture comes up. You mean to tell me no one knows this guy?
I remember, many years ago at EWR, and even with the fenced in carousels, there was a theft that was taking place right in front of my eyes.
I was waiting for a passenger to get his bags and myself and another chauffeur were just hanging outside the gate yapping away. Along side of us, there was a guy with a luggage cart loaded up high with stuff. No big deal!
Now, the airport was a happening place. People moving all over. Baggage handlers were all over the place, yapping away just like bored chauffeurs. Out of nowhere, one of the baggage guys tackles a dude just walking through the crowd. He gets the guy on the ground and his buddy calls the police.
Turns out, the tackled guy, snagged the briefcase off the top of the luggage cart from the guy standing right next to me. Frig, I never saw it happening. Not the porters, baby. This guy snuffed that theft out before it got ten feet away from the crime scene.
Best part of the whole thing, they laughed about the crime they just stopped and went back to gossiping like two little schoolgirls.
Supermen comes in all shapes and sizes and they don't just sell newspapers. They handle luggage also.
Congratulations Giants fans. Looks like we got our guy. Welcome to NY, (East Rutherford) John Harbaugh. Go Blue.
Be safe.
John A Sutich
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