People v. Wheeler

When Thomas P. Shore, Jr., the assistant chief special agent of the American Express Company, observed the defendant purchasing a ticket at the Eastern Airlines counter of the John P. Kennedy International Airport with the use of a credit card without checking his luggage, his suspicions became aroused.

Upon investigation, Shore discovered that the defendant had used a Bank Americard which had been reported stolen. Shore thereupon contacted the Port of New York Authority Police Department and Detective Shinkle of that department placed the defendant under arrest when he admitted, after…