M., officers received a past-action theft report from W. E. G., stating that his iPad had been stolen from an airplane at Terminal 2 of the Minneapolis St. Paul Airport, located within the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Airports Commission, Hennepin County, Minnesota. W. E. G. Explained that he had left the iPad in the seat back of his flight on July 1, 2025, and that he filed a report with the airline the following morning. W. E. G. Further stated that the iPad continued to ping its location at Terminal 2 for the next 2 days and then stopped pinging until August 17, 2025, when the iPad began pinging its location at [ADDRESS REDACTED], in Burnsville, Minnesota.
W. E. G. Then changed the lock screen on his iPad to state that a $100 reward would be offered to anyone who could return the iPad. Soon after, W. E. G. Received multiple calls and text messages from the same phone number, claiming to have bought the iPad from a female friend who works for the airlines. Officers searched the phone number that contacted W. E. G. And found that it traced back to the same Burnsville address at which the iPad’s location had been pinging. An individual identified as Theresa Nguyen, [DOB REDACTED], the co-defendant herein, was associated with the address.
Officers conducted a social media search on the co-defendant and cross referenced her friends list with airline employees, locating one match, JOANNA ASUNCION PACIS, [DOB REDACTED], the defendant herein. The defendant was noted to have a history of theft offenses. The General manager overseeing the airline’s employees confirmed that the defendant had access to the room in which lost and found items were stored. When asked about the iPad during a call with her brother, the co-defendant stated that she was about to drop off the iPad at the airport later that evening.
CCTV footage shows that the co-defendant arrived to the airport in the passenger seat of a black Pontiac driven by someone matching the appearance of the defendant. The registered owner of the Pontiac confirmed that he had recently sold the vehicle to the defendant. Upon returning the iPad, the co-defendant originally denied knowing the defendant but later admitted that she had been with the defendant before coming to the airport. The defendant voluntarily resigned and turned in her security badge on August 17, 2025, the date upon which the iPad began pinging at the co-defendant’s address.
CCTV footage from August 17 shows that the defendant drove to the Terminal door with someone matching the co-defendant’s appearance in the passenger seat. The defendant is seen entering the secured hallway behind the airline counter where the lost and found items were stored before reemerging without her badge. The defendant was then driven from the area by the person matching the co-defendant's appearance.
