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Port Authority PD: NYC Lawyer Swipes Cash-Stuffed Bag At Newark Airport

A Manhattan lawyer was arrested at Newark Airport after he snatched a passenger's bag from a security belt, pulled out cash and a Visa gift card, then tossed the bag away, said Port Authority police who arrested him.

Henry I. Weil

Henry I. Weil

Photo Credit: MUGSHOT: Courtesy PORT AUTHORITY PD

Henry I. Weil, 62, who practices criminal defense and immigration law in Chinatown, was found at a nearby gate by officers who reviewed surveillance video of the Friday morning theft at Terminal C, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said.

He was carrying $700 in cash and a Visa gift card worth $130 that were taken from the bag, he said.

Weil then "led officers to the location of the bag from which the money was taken," Pentangelo said. "The now-empty bag was found rolled into a ball and thrown in a corner."

Police returned the cash and card to the owner, processed Weil on theft charges and released him pending a Jan. 30 hearing.

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