Delta Employee Arrested in Case of $300K Missing at JFK
A Delta Airlines employee has been arrested in connection with the case of $300,000 in cash that apparently vanished from John F. Kennedy Airport as it was being transferred onto one of the airline's flights en route to Florida, a law enforcement source close to the investigation tells News 4.
The employee, named Quincy Thorp, was taken into custody by the FBI at his New York City home early Thursday, the source said. According to the source, Thorp is a ramp agent who went out "sick" at the time the money disappeared. The bag of money, which included both U.S. and foreign currency, has not been recovered, the source said. Thorp is expected to appear in federal court in Brooklyn later Thursday; information on a possible attorney wasn't clear.
Details on the specific charges are expected later in the dya. News 4 has reached out to Delta for comment on the arrest.
Both the Port Authority and the FBI had been investigating the missing cash. Two officials said the cash shipment was part of a large delivery apparently made from an armored car company to the airport.
Past JFK heists have made headlines including the 1978 Lufthansa heist where nearly $6 million dollars was stolen by members and associates of the Lucchese crime family. In 2003, a masked gunman hijacked an armored car and made off with over $2 million dollars.
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