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Try to watch your smartphones and cash as you go through airport security or they may not accompany you on your trip.

She’s supposed to serve fliers, not steal from them.

A uniformed JetBlue flight attendant catching an off-duty free ride to Puerto Rico was arrested at JFK Airport over an iPhone her boyfriend swiped from another traveler, police said.

Stacy-Ann Smith, 27, and her beau, Jason McCaulay, 23, both of Hollis, Queens, were waiting to go through security for a jaunt to Aguadilla, PR, at about 11 p.m. Friday when McCaulay allegedly snatched an iPhone 4S left in a bin by a traveler.

It was another embarrassment for the Queens-based airline, eight months after one of its pilots infamously suffered a midair meltdown.SUSPECT: Attendant Stacy-Ann Smith allegedly helped hide iPhone.

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Tags: security, tsa

Photo credit: The iPhone 4S is still a popular target for thieves, apparently even in airport security lanes.

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