NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – There was a terrifying accident on the George Washington Bridge Monday. Police say a piece of metal from a dump truck smashed through a car windshield, hitting the driver in the head. Read more here
Police boarded a United Airlines plane that landed at Newark Liberty International Airport on Saturday after a passenger made a bomb threat during the flight, the Transportation Security Administration said. Authorities boarded the plane, United Flight 2329 from Chicago, after it landed in Newark at 9:40 p.m. No bomb was found, but a female passenger […]
On any given day, thousands of trucks travel through Port Authority’s seaport, tunnels and bridges. They’re routinely monitored by Port Authority police officers on the lookout for traffic violations. In the background, however, a specialized group of officers roves among the facilities seeking to ensure trucks have no mechanical or other operational issues that might […]
Some 70 street racers and their entourages had eluded authorities who tried to clear them from clogging a corner of JFK Airport before they began tearing up area highways. So Port Authority police went all Vin Diesel on ‘em. Uniformed officers in surge patrols had trouble corralling the 60 to 80 wannabe drift kings who’d […]
UPDATE 4:30 p.m.: The Transportation Security Administration confirmed that a female passenger made a verbal bomb threat during the flight. Officials swept the plane and found nothing dangerous on-board. The passenger was taken to a local hospital for medical evaluation, according to TSA spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein. The woman was not publicly identified. NEWARK — Police boarded […]
A city judge sent a chronic “hack hustler” who’s been busted 44 times for illegally offering rides to travelers at Newark Airport to jail for 120 days. Mahmoud Yasin, 62, pleaded guilty to illegally soliciting transportation and criminal trespass in connection with six separate arrests by Port Authority police before Municipal Court Judge Marvin Adames […]
