( CNN ) -- In the hubbub at San Francisco 's airport following the crash of Asiana Flight 214 , a United airlines employee and his fiancee allegedly stole luggage and exchanged some of its contents at a nearby Nordstrom for cash , a prosecutor said Tuesday . The two suspects -- Sean Crudup , a United customer service representative , and Raychas Thomas , his fiancee -- were arrested as the latter was catching a flight to Hawaii , the San Mateo County District Attorney 's Office said in a news release . Both are free on bail . The incident happened in the aftermath of the July 6 crash-landing of Flight 214 at San Francisco International Airport . Two people died right after the Boeing 777 shed parts , spun and burst into flames and another died six days later ; about 180 others were hurt . Asiana crash probe moves on from San Francisco airport . Thousands more were inconvenienced when departing and incoming air traffic at the airport was halted in the hours after the crash . In some cases , incoming flights were diverted to other airports in California . Passengers ' bags sometimes made it to San Francisco before they did , leading to a pileup of luggage . That 's where , according to the district attorney 's office , the case against the suspects begins . Surveillance video showed Crudup stealing bags and handing them to his fiancee and another unnamed woman , the prosecutor 's office said . Report : TSA employee misconduct up 26 % in 3 years . Thomas exchanged valuable clothing that had been in the bags at a Nordstrom store in Pleasanton , California , for about $ 5,000 , the district attorney 's office said . More of the victims ' property was found during a search of the home that Crudup and Thomas shared , according to authorities . Crudup and Thomas have been charged with one count each of grand theft and two counts each of commercial burglaries , District Attorney Stephen Wagstaffe said . Convictions on these charges -- all of them felonies -- carries a maximum sentence of 4 years and 4 months in prison . Thomas posted bail `` right away '' and is set to appear in court August 26 for her arraignment , the district attorney notes . Her fiancee , Crudup , was in court last Friday , July 26 , at which time he 's pleaded not guilty . Wagstaffe did n't know the name of the court-appointed attorney assigned to Crudup , who posted $ 75,000 bail over the weekend . In a statement to CNN on Tuesday , United said that it has `` zero tolerance for any theft . '' `` We are assisting the San Francisco Police Department in this investigation , '' the airline said , `` and this employee has been held out of service . '' Read more : Asiana Airline passenger was alive until killed by rescue vehicle . CNN 's Aaron Cooper contributed to this report .
Some passengers ' flights were diverted , but their bags were n't , after the crash of Flight 214 . Comment: The plane was carrying a lot more people than it needed to carry and crashed in bad weather The fiancee exchanged some of the bags ' contents for $ 5,000 at Nordstrom , DA adds . The 2 are charged on three felony counts apiece ; they 're both free on bail .