{"id":7736629,"date":"2017-03-25T12:21:31","date_gmt":"2017-03-25T16:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/?p=7736629"},"modified":"2017-03-25T12:21:31","modified_gmt":"2017-03-25T16:21:31","slug":"man-charged-in-theft-of-john-legends-bag-25k-cufflinks-at-jfk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/man-charged-in-theft-of-john-legends-bag-25k-cufflinks-at-jfk-7736629\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Charged in Theft of John Legend&#8217;s Bag, $25K Cufflinks at&nbsp;JFK"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pmc-paywall\"><p>Authorities have cuffed a man charged with stealing Grammy winner <a href=\"\/artist\/304963\/john-legend\/chart\" target=\"_blank\">John Legend<\/a>&#39;s Louis Vuitton bag containing $25,000 Cartier cufflinks from an airport luggage cart in New York.<\/p>\n<p>District Attorney Richard Brown says 63-year-old Agustin Hilario <a href=\"\/articles\/columns\/hip-hop\/7736555\/john-legend-denies-airport-robbery\">swiped the bag<\/a> Thursday when it was momentarily left unattended on a luggage cart at Kennedy Airport.<\/p>\n<p>Brown says Hilario was identified through surveillance camera footage. 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