[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - Sam Brinton, a senior DOE official, is alleged to have stolen a suitcase from the baggage carousel at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on September 16
- Brinton then took the bag to a St. Paul hotel and then returned to the airport in order to travel to Washington DC on September 18
- Sometime between then and October 9, Brinton took a trip, with the suitcase, to Europe
- After they were contacted by police, Brinton initially denied taking the suitcase but later admitted to the theft, citing tiredness for the confusion
- Brinton said that they left the clothing from the suitcase, worth over $2,300, in the hotel room in St. Paul, police say that is untrue
- If found guilty they could now face five years in jail, a $10,000 fine, or both
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