The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) Police Department (PAPD) yesterday reached record staff levels following the graduation of 120 officers to the force. The PAPD now totals 2,232 officers and employees. The new recruits include 89 college graduates and 20 military veterans, with 53 having prior law enforce experience, PANYNJ officials said in […]
A 37-year-old man was arrested at Newark Liberty International Airport Wednesday after an unloaded handgun with eight hollow-point bullets was found in his duffle bag at a security checkpoint, authorities said. Febonel Gedeon, of Union, was arrested after a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer spotted the gun as the carry-on bag entered the checkpoint’s X-ray […]
A 33-year-old woman tried to check a bag with more than 10 pounds of pot at JFK Airport as she tried to make her way to the Caribbean, authorities said Wednesday. The alleged smuggler, Shakira Millar, was arrested Tuesday trying to board a flight to Barbados with a black suitcase filled with 11 weed-filled vaccum-sealed […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Louisville says officers have seized thousands of fake items — including fake IDs and passports — over the past six months. Those include 28 fake birth certificates, more than 5,000 counterfeit driver’s licenses and 46 fraudulent passports. The number includes a seizure of six shipments […]
Rick Cotton, the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, tested positive for the coronavirus, Gov. Cuomo announced Monday. “He’s been at the airports, obviously,” the governor said at a news conference in Albany. “He’ll be working from home and now the senior team that works with Rick will also […]
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Outerbridge Crossing was shut down for nearly an hour on Monday morning due to a five-vehicle crash that sent two people to the hospital, according to authorities. Two people were taken to Staten Island University Hospital in Ocean Breeze, according to a spokesman for the FDNY/EMS. The crash on the […]
