An Atlanta teenager is accused of stealing luggage from airport carousels, then pilfering through the bags in nearby restrooms. When he was done, he allegedly left the suitcases in stalls.
A police officer caught Devonte Lightning, 18, with someone else's bag in a restroom at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Surveillance cameras also captured Lightning in the act, grabbing numerous bags, police said.
Lightning was arrested and charged with eight counts of theft by taking and eight counts of unlawful removal of baggage from a terminal, according to Clayton County jail records. He was booked into the jail shortly after 8 p.m. Wednesday night.
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