“Openly genderfluid” Sam Brinton, the MIT grad who joined the Joe Biden administration earlier this year as the deputy assistant secretary of the Office of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition in the U.S. Department of Energy, has been accused of stealing another woman’s luggage at the airport on top of the previous accusation.
8NewsNow’s investigators discovered that Brinton is being accused of stealing at the Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas.
“A felony warrant was issued for Sam Brinton, a deputy assistant secretary, sources said. The charge is for grand larceny with a value between $1,200 and $5,000, records showed,”According to the outlet.
The outlet didn’t provide additional information beyond what was initially reported by sources.
Sam Brinton was charged with a felony last month for allegedly stealing a woman’s luggage at Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) International Airport on September 16. The theft reportedly occurred when a woman arriving from New Orleans went to the baggage carousel only to find that her navy blue Vera Bradley roller bag was missing. Per Alpha News:
Law enforcement at the Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) International Airport were alerted to a missing suitcase in the baggage claim area on Sept. 16. According to the victim, she was an adult woman who flew from New Orleans on Delta and checked her bag at Carousel Seven.
The navy blue Vera Bradley rolling bag was confirmed to have arrived at the airport at 4:40 PM. It had not been removed from the carousel. According to a criminal case, law enforcement examined video surveillance footage of the baggage claim and found Brinton taking a navy-blue roller bag off carousel 7.
According to the complaint, Brinton took a bag’s luggage tag and placed it in a handbag. “then left the area at a quick pace.”Brinton, a passenger on American Airlines’ flight from Washington, D.C., arrived at MSP Airport about 4:27 pm. He did not carry a bag and therefore, he was not entitled to go to baggage claim.
Police confirmed the identity of the victim female, who said that the bag was worth $2,325. Brinton later took an Uber to the InterContinental St. Paul Riverfront hotel where he checked in with the blue bag, according to the criminal complaint. The same bag was still in his hand as he took the Uber to the InterContinental St. Paul Riverfront hotel on September 18, when Brinton departed Washington DC.
Brinton was questioned by police about his bag on October 9th. “took anything that did not belong”He replied. Brinton apparently replied, “Not that I know of.”
File/Sam Brinton at Evening Tea at Playboy Playhouse, June 22, 2019, New York City. (Photo by Ilya Savenok/Getty images for Playboy
Brinton, allegedly calling the investigating officer just two hours after the interview ended, reportedly admitted that he was not being interviewed “completely honest.”Brinton says he took the navy bag because he was exhausted from his trip. “got nervous”When he reached his hotel room to find the bag, he realized it belonged somewhere else.
Not knowing what to do, Brinton then allegedly told police that he left the woman’s clothes in the hotel room drawers and took the bag with him anyway in order to keep up appearances.
Brinton is accused of not returning the bag to the woman victim. Police also claim that there was no clothing found in his hotel room. His first court hearing is scheduled for December 19 in Hennepin County.
The New York Post confirmed the Biden administration placed Brinton “on leave about a month ago following the accusations.”
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