DETROIT (AP) _ The last of four former Detroit Metropolitan Airport security screeners charged with stealing thousands of dollars in goods from suitcases has agreed to plead guilty, according to court records.
The federal indictment alleged that from September 2003 through December 2003, the four Transportation Security Administration employees conspired to steal electronics from luggage at the airport, erase the hard drives and reprogram them, and sell the stolen goods.
Prosecutors said laptop computers, video cameras, Sony PlayStations and digital cameras were stolen.
Tawann Hayes, 22, of Westland and Shawn Gordon, 22, of Southfield were accused of the theft. Hayes is scheduled to plead guilty in U.S. District Court on March 10, The Detroit News reported in a story.
Gordon pleaded guilty in January to three charges. Under a plea agreement, he faces up to 18 months in prison and a fine up to $30,000. Joseph Reynolds, 47, of Detroit also pleaded guilty to charges in October.
The fourth man, Edwin Sturdivant, 22, of Detroit helped take stolen computers and cameras out of the airport. Under a plea agreement, he faces 10 to 16 months in prison and up to a $30,000 fine.
