PIX11 NEWSROOM

10:53 a.m. PST, February 2, 2012
NEW YORK (PIX11)—
A Transportation Security Administration agent was arrested and charged with grand larceny after police said she stole $5,000 in cash from a passenger during a security check at JFK Airport Wednesday.

According to authorities, 31-year-old Alexandra Schmid swiped the cash from the passenger's jacket when it went through the X-ray conveyor belt at around 8 p.m.

Schmid was arrested after surveillance video captured her removing the money from the coat and high-tailing it to the bathroom.

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Investigators are still trying to locate the cash and believe Schmid may have passed it along to someone.

Schmid has been suspended pending an investigation, officials said.