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Joe Biden’s non-binary drag queen nuclear waste guru has been accused of stealing another bag from an airport.
Sam Brinton, 34, has a warrant out after allegedly taking the luggage from Harry Reid International Airport near Las Vegas.
Police sources told 8NewsNow they are charged with grand larceny with a value between $1,200 and $5,000.
It comes weeks after they admitted snatching a bag that did not belong to them from a carousel at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on September 16.
Sam Brinton has been hit with a felony warrant for stealing luggage from an airport in Las Vegas – after also being charged with the same crime in Minneapolis in September
Since 2019, Brinton has been married to their husband, Kevin Rieck, pictured here. The couple began dating in 2015
Brinton made headlines earlier this year after proudly announcing on LinkedIn that they had become Deputy Assistant Secretary of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition in the Department of Energy
Department of Energy nuclear waste scientist Brinton is now facing the second set of charges for stealing luggage from the Las Vegas airport on an undisclosed date.
A felony warrant was issued for the deputy assistant secretary for grand larceny, with a value of between $1,200 and $5,000.
The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Office of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition admitted to cops in October they had taken a suitcase that was not theirs.
The contents of the Vera Bradley suitcase were worth more than $2,300. If found guilty of felony theft, they could face five years in prison or a $10,000 fine or both.
Last week Brinton was pictured outside their home in Rockville, Maryland, where they live with their husband Rieck. The couple married in 2019 after four years.
Compared with some of their more fabulous outfits, Brinton was dressed town in a pair of bright pink denim pants, a black Guess jacket, their head under a hoodie.
Brinton also apparently discarded their trademark stiletto heels for a pair of tattered looking Nike sneakers.
Compared with some of their more fabulous outfits, Brinton was dressed town in a pair of bright pink denim pants, a black Guess jacket, their head covered by a hoodie or possibly headscarf
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Office of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition Sam Brinton’s profile photo on the fetish hookup app Recon
Brinton also goes by the moniker Sir Sam Brinton when speaking at fetish conferences
In video obtained by DailyMail.com, Brinton appears to smile as they gets closer to their front door.
Brinton made headlines earlier this year after proudly announcing on LinkedIn they had become Deputy Assistant Secretary of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition in the Department of Energy.
They are the first non-binary person to accept a position in federal government leadership, has not been at work for at least a month with Kim Petry, the acting deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel, standing in.
Petry told coworkers she had been asked to stay on as head of the spent fuel office ‘for the foreseeable future’ by Kathryn Huff, assistant secretary for nuclear energy.
During their time on leave, Brinton has been keeping busy.
Brinton presented a seminar a fortnight ago named: ‘Spanking: From Calculus To Chemistry.’
The seminar was held at Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites in Los Angeles, where Brinton stayed on the Friday and Saturday night.
The event was titled: ‘LA Leather Getaway’ and was sponsored by CLAW Corp., a national leather charity.
Brinton, who presented at the event under the pseudonym, NuclearNerd, has been teaching their ‘Physics of Kink’ class at universities and community events ‘across the country for years,’ according to their profile on CLAW’s website.
Brinton was photographed wearing a black evening gown at the Out for Undergrad even in September shortly after stealing a suitcase
The bio goes on to say: ‘They have been active in the kink world since 2013, host monthly kink parties in their dungeon in Washington, DC, and estimate they have spanked over 2,000 cute butts.’
Brinton is listed in CLAW’s 2019 year book under the name Sir Sam Brinton where they taught a class on the ‘Newtonian physics of spanking.’
They added: ‘Physics is a pivotal part of the kink experience.’ They were pictured at the event in 2021 as well.
Last week, DailyMail.com revealed Brinton was in Minnesota, where the bag theft took place, for the Out for Undergrad Engineering Conference.
The conference was held at the InterContinental Saint Paul Riverfront hotel in St. Paul, the same hotel where Brinton was staying.
Some time between that conference and October 9, Brinton traveled for a trip to Europe. They did not post about this trip on their social media pages.
They arrived back in the United States at Washington DC’s Dulles International Airport on October 9, when they were contacted by police about the stolen bag.
At first Brinton told police they ‘accidentally’ took the suitcase – with contents worth $2,325 – from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on September 16.
In a complaint from October 27, it was alleged Brinton was seen caught on surveillance removing ‘a navy blue hard-sided roller bag’ from baggage reclaim.
On the same day, the bag was reported missing by a woman earlier in the day.
Brinton was seen heading to the airport with a suitcase earlier in the year. On the trip they allegedly took another woman’s case, they did not have any bags with them
After reviewing several surveillance videos she identified the bag as hers adding that the total value of items in the allegedly stolen bag was roughly $2,325.
Video that has not been released to the public sees Brinton ‘removing the blue bag’s tag and putting the bag tag in the handbag they were carrying,’ and ‘leaving the area at a quick pace,’ the complaint details.
Brinton was in the airport having arrived on a flight from Washington D.C. where they live, but had not checked a bag for their journey.
Law enforcement quickly tracked them down with Brinton initially denying taking anything.
‘If I had taken the wrong bag, I am happy to return it, but I don’t have clothes for another individual,’ Brinton told police, according to the complaint. ‘That was my clothes when I opened the bag.’
But then they suddenly had a change of heart and called the airport police to come clear noting that they had not been ‘completely honest’ and ‘admitted to taking the blue bag.’
Brinton revised their statement excusing the behavior as a result of being ‘tired and taking the suitcase thinking it was theirs.’
It was only after opening the bag Brinton claims they realized it wasn’t theirs adding that they were ‘nervous people would think they stole the bag and did not know what to do.’
They then claimed the clothes contained in the suitcase had been placed in a drawer at the InterContinental St. Paul Riverfront hotel, where they were staying.
No clothes were ever found at the hotel and at the time of the complaint’s filing in October, Brinton had not returned the bag.
Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming, the ranking Republican on the Senate’s Energy Committee, has sent a letter to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, calling for Brinton to be fired. The official is facing five years in prison in relation to the theft.
Barrasso wrote: ‘It is in the interest of both the Department’s mission and our national security that the Deputy Assistant Secretary’s clearance be immediately revoked.’
He continued: ‘Additionally, the Department should undertake all necessary steps to terminate their employment immediately.’
