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The suspect allegedly stole 18 Fitbit devices from a Hudson Newsstand in JFK Airport.
By Forum Staff
A Brooklyn man has been charged with grand larceny and other crimes during multiple visits he paid to John F. Kennedy Airport over the last several months.
Eric Love, 50, of Saint Johns Place in Brooklyn returned repeatedly to the airport to steal designer perfumes from a duty free shop.
Love apparently gained access to the secured areas by purchasing plane tickets in January and April 2017.
DA Brown explained, “The defendant, who did occasionally travel to Los Angeles, was allegedly observed on airport video surveillance stealing dozens of bottles of expensive perfumes as well as using a tool to disengage the secured Fitbit devices from a case at a newsstand. The defendant now faces serious prison time for this alleged brazen thievery.”
On January 23 at 5:30 pm, Love was seen on surveillance video taking 34 bottles of Channel, Tom Ford, Hugo Boss, Gucci and Dior perfumes from the shelves of the duty free shop and then placing the items inside a Nike roller bag and exiting the store. The perfumes are valued at more than $3,300. The defendant wa next observed on security cameras on April 2, , taking 12 bottles of expensive fragrance worth approximately $2,000 then two days later, on April 4, the defendant returned to the duty free shop and took six more bottles of cologne and perfumes worth approximately $1,000. Ten days later, on April 14, Love visited the Hudson Newsstand in Kennedy Airport’s Terminal 4 and was observed on surveillance video using a burglar’s tool to detach 18 Fitbit devices from a security case. The defendant placed the 18 fitness trackers in his Nike roller bag and walked out of the store. The Fitbits have a total value of approximately $3,900.
Love was arraigned on two criminal complaints charging him with third- and fourth-degree grand larceny and possession of burglar’s tools.
Queens Criminal Court Judge Althea Drysdale set bail at $60,000 and ordered the defendant to return to court on May 10.
If convicted, the defendant faces up to 15 years in prison.
