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Milwaukee TSA Thief Arrested

Those Ziploc baggies will protect you from terrorism but not, apparently, from theft. An airport TSA employee at MKE has been arrested for snatching money from passengers' carry-on luggage.

The employee was caught red-handed with $235, though there's no telling how much more (if any) money she's swiped in the past. A fellow screener spied her hiding bills behind a magazine rack. She has been put on administrative leave and is out of jail on $200 bail. She has reportedly been having money problems for some time.

We say, keep your cash on you at all times. If you can't, it doesn't hurt to do a wallet inventory once in a while so you can double-check later. And to think, we've been putting our valuables in those afforementioned magical baggies--time for a new game plan.

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