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The Savvy Criminal: Keith Wilson King's Luggage Theft Scam Netted 1,000 Bags

By Pete Kotz in robbery
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 4:23 pm
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Cops found more than 1,000 pieces of luggage at Keith King's suburban Phoenix home
​Okay, so he doesn't actually look like a master criminal. In fact, he looks more like that guy who fixes TVs in that dreary shop underneath the viaduct, doesn't he? But Keith Wilson King and Stacy Lynne Legg-King are cunning artists of larceny. Trust us.

Sometime in the last decade, the Phoenix airport decided to stop checking baggage claim tickets as a cost-cutting measure. (Airline industry motto: Proudly Sucking at Service for Nearly 100 Years!) And what could be more enticing to the budding criminal than lots and lots of unguarded stuff?

So our dynamic duo decided to steal it. But three weeks ago, an officer watched Keith park at Sky Harbor International, grab a piece of luggage from the baggage claim, then head back to his car. He was busted for misdemeanor theft, and police decided to conduct surveillance on him...

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Stacy Lynne Legg-King apparently liked to keep herself well-stocked in very small bottles of conditioner
​Alas, our hero wasn't smart enough to notice that the jig was up. So when he returned to grab another piece of luggage this week, the cops followed him home. When they searched the house Tuesday, they found more than 1,000 bags. Which means that over the course of their operation, the couple had plenty of slightly used shaving kits to give as Christmas and birthday gifts.

Detectives don't know if they had accomplices, or how long the pair had been running the scam. What they do know is that Stacy hasn't had to buy a curling iron in quite some time.

They've been charged with theft and possession of stolen property.







Tags: Arizona, Savvy Criminal

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