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A woman identified as a Republic Airways flight attendant was arrested Monday at Reagan National Airport after authorities said she took a passenger\u2019s bracelet set from a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint.<\/p>\n Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority spokeswoman Crystal Nosal said Rebecca Valley, 60, of Wesley Chapel, Fla., works for the regional carrier and was charged with one count of grand larceny.<\/p>\n The owner of the jewellery reported that it was valued at $8,000, Nosal said.<\/p>\n The police department for the D. C.-area airports authority did not immediately respond to a request for the arrest report Monday.<\/p>\n TSA spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein said in an email that the victim, who has not been identified, told security workers that her jewellery was missing after she went through the checkpoint.<\/p>\n Officers from the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department and TSA examined recordings of the checkpoint and saw \u201ca second traveller in a flight attendant\u2019s uniform pick up the jewellery,\u201d Farbstein said. Police found the alleged thief in the airport terminal.<\/p>\n Republic Airways did not respond to a request for comment late Monday. The regional carrier operates flights for American Eagle, Delta Connection and United Express.<\/p>\n Social media posts by local meme account Washingtonian Problems first shared an anonymously submitted message detailing the incident.<\/p>\n The arrest echoed a similar scenario from last weekend when a man was arrested after being accused of stealing a wedding band from a security checkpoint at Newark Liberty International Airport.<\/p>\n The suspect was waiting for his flight to leave when police took him into custody; authorities returned the ring to its owner.<\/p>\n In that case, too, video footage revealed the culprit.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a story with a happy ending,\u201d Thomas Carter, TSA\u2019s federal security director for New Jersey, said in a news release. \u201cThe video was sharp and there was a clear image of what the thief looked like. The police understood the urgency in tracking down the man before he was able to fly off.\u201d<\/p>\n Farbstein said that travellers should place items such as wallets, phones or large pieces of jewellery in their carry-on bag, not a bin, \u201cto help avoid passenger-on-passenger theft.\u201d<\/p>\n She said laptops should be easily identifiable with a business card or some type of sticker \u2013 like a three-inch decal of a pink whale that she uses.<\/p>\n