Man Tracks Down Luggage and Finds the Thief Wearing His Clothes
Using an AirTag to track your bags or luggage is a pretty common thing to do now. Ideally, you’ll never have any issues with your stuff at the airport, but when you do, an AirTag can be a big help in tracking down lost luggage.
Unfortunately, sometimes that happens with a twist. For instance, after traveling from Los Angeles, California, to Atlanta, Georgia, Jameel Reid waited for more than half an hour for his luggage to arrive at the destination terminal. When it didn’t show up, he decided to track down the AirTag that he had hidden in one of his bags.
When he pulled out his iPhone, he discovered his luggage had left the airport. As he was concluding that it must have been stolen, it suddenly appeared to be coming back to the terminal.
As Atlanta’s WSB-TV reported, Reid contacted airport security and continued tracking his bag using the AirTag and his iPhone. He quickly came across the thief — an alleged homeless man who was already wearing his clothes.
Reid recorded the encounter on his iPhone, where he can be heard saying, “This silver one right here? I have a tracking device in here and I tracked it here to you. And you have my shirt on…that’s insane. My shirt … and my jeans?”
The man didn’t lose any time trying out Reid’s new wardrobe, but the police came soon enough and handcuffed the perpetrator.