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Per Paul:
According to the filing:
Slater, who lives in his native North Dakota and played for the Gophers in the 1970s, reported to police on March 11 that he dropped the ring during the flight.
A passenger on the same aircraft returning to the Twin Cities from Mesa found the ring, determined it belonged to Slater and got word to him. The passenger said he turned it in at a Terminal 2 gate at MSP.
Surveillance video at the gate from 12:30 a.m. on March 4 showed the ring eventually being given to the employee now under investigation.
The employee left the gate holding the boxed ring as he walked past and not enter Sun Country’s baggage office, where lost items are stored.
Police on March 11 inspected the airlines’ lost and found records and saw the ring was not logged in. A detective and a Sun Country staffer searched the baggage office in vain for the ring.
A Sun Country manager called the suspected thief and ordered him in to work early. During the call, the employee said he hid the ring in the manager’s office and would be able to find it.
Police deactivated the employee’s security badge, preventing him from potentially entering the office and planting the ring.
The employee went to the office and could not get in. He then called the manager and soon entered.
Officers saw on surveillance video that the employee “had a bulge in his left pants pocket that was consistent with the size and shape of the ring box when he walked into the [office],” the filing read. “Officers observed that the bulge was gone when [he] left.
“It appeared that [the employee] had the ring on his person and hid it in the [office] prior to speaking with officers,” the filing continued.
Officers approached the employee near a baggage carousel. They went to the office, where he showed the officers that the ring was in a drawer for a first aid kit and supplies, “not ... a normal storage area for lost and found items,” the filing noted.
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Go Gophers!!
According to the filing:
Slater, who lives in his native North Dakota and played for the Gophers in the 1970s, reported to police on March 11 that he dropped the ring during the flight.
A passenger on the same aircraft returning to the Twin Cities from Mesa found the ring, determined it belonged to Slater and got word to him. The passenger said he turned it in at a Terminal 2 gate at MSP.
Surveillance video at the gate from 12:30 a.m. on March 4 showed the ring eventually being given to the employee now under investigation.
The employee left the gate holding the boxed ring as he walked past and not enter Sun Country’s baggage office, where lost items are stored.
Police on March 11 inspected the airlines’ lost and found records and saw the ring was not logged in. A detective and a Sun Country staffer searched the baggage office in vain for the ring.
A Sun Country manager called the suspected thief and ordered him in to work early. During the call, the employee said he hid the ring in the manager’s office and would be able to find it.
Police deactivated the employee’s security badge, preventing him from potentially entering the office and planting the ring.
The employee went to the office and could not get in. He then called the manager and soon entered.
Officers saw on surveillance video that the employee “had a bulge in his left pants pocket that was consistent with the size and shape of the ring box when he walked into the [office],” the filing read. “Officers observed that the bulge was gone when [he] left.
“It appeared that [the employee] had the ring on his person and hid it in the [office] prior to speaking with officers,” the filing continued.
Officers approached the employee near a baggage carousel. They went to the office, where he showed the officers that the ring was in a drawer for a first aid kit and supplies, “not ... a normal storage area for lost and found items,” the filing noted.
Police suspect Sun Country employee stole NFC title ring that ex-Gopher lost while on flight
Police say the former Philadelphia Eagle lost the ring while traveling from the Twin Cities to Arizona.
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Go Gophers!!
