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AIRHEAD: LaGuardia Traveler In Skunky Diaper Makes TSA Top 10 List AIRHEAD: LaGuardia Traveler In Skunky Diaper Makes TSA Top 10 List
Airhead: LaGuardia Traveler In Skunky Diaper Makes TSA Top 10 List A traveler at LaGuardia Airport who stuffed pot into her adult diaper made the Top 10 list of unusual items snagged at TSA security checkpoints nationwide in 2023. There were some doozies in the list released on Tuesday, Jan. 9. They included: A knife found hidden inside a prosthetic leg at Anchorage Airport; Another knife stuffed inside a loaf of keto bread at Seattle-Tacoma Airport; Throwing knives found in a carry-on at Boston-Logan; A bag of meth inside a container of crab boil seasoning powder at -- where else? -- New Orleans Airport. Running just behind the leader -- an inert explos…
Correctional Officer Charged With Taking Bribes To Smuggle Drugs, Tobacco, More Into NJ Jail Correctional Officer Charged With Taking Bribes To Smuggle Drugs, Tobacco, More Into NJ Jail
Correctional Officer Charged With Taking Bribes To Smuggle Drugs, Tobacco, More Into NJ Jail A New Jersey correctional police officer pocketed thousands of dollars in bribes from inmates in exchange for smuggling drugs, tobacco and other contraband into the Mercer County jail, authorities charged. Tyree L. Hobbs, 39, of Hamilton, was on the take for nearly five years, beginning in 2017 -- less than a year after he joined the Mercer County Department of Corrections, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. And although he paid some inmates in cash, others paid the $300 to $2,500 fee per delivery through mobile apps, the attorney general said. A grand jury in Trenton ind…
Bloods Leader, Passaic County Man Busted with 28 Lbs Of Coke, 500 Lbs Of Pot At Teterboro: FBI Bloods Leader, Passaic County Man Busted with 28 Lbs Of Coke, 500 Lbs Of Pot At Teterboro: FBI
Bloods Leader, Passaic County Man Busted with 28 Lbs Of Coke, 500 Lbs Of Pot At Teterboro: FBI A high-ranking member of the Bloods with longstanding mob ties and a Passaic County man with a criminal history of his own were seized when they tried to fly to London out of Teterboro Airport with 28 pounds of cocaine and 500 pounds of pot on a private jet, federal authorities said. Leonardo Petrosillo, 45, of West Milford, and Edwin Spears, 49, of Newark brought three companions -- Spears’s girlfriend, an exotic dancer from Maryland and a friend of hers -- as a front for a dozen drug-stuffed bags of luggage, they said. The plane was to fly it all to John Lennon Airport in London, accordin…
International Fugitive Wanted In Five-Kilo Cocaine Importing Ring Seized At Newark Airport International Fugitive Wanted In Five-Kilo Cocaine Importing Ring Seized At Newark Airport
International Fugitive Wanted In Five-Kilo Cocaine Importing Ring Seized At Newark Airport An international fugitive wanted for having couriers smuggle more than five kilos of cocaine into the U.S. on a cruise ship was seized at Newark Airport after a decade on the run, federal authorities announced. A federal magistrate judge ordered that Dennis "Death" Edwards, a 38-year-old Guyanese national, remain held without bail following a brief hearing in Newark on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Edwards had avoided capture since being indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiracy charges in 2012, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Authorities said he conspired to import cocaine from St. Maar…
South Jersey Woman Charged With Smuggling Drugs Into Pennsylvania Jail South Jersey Woman Charged With Smuggling Drugs Into Pennsylvania Jail
South Jersey Woman Charged With Smuggling Drugs Into Pennsylvania Jail A correctional officer from South Jersey was charged last week with smuggling drugs into George Hill W. Correctional Facility in Concord Township, Pennsylvania, authorities said. Authorities on July 29 received a report from the jail saying that an inmate was in possession of "illegal contraband" inside their cell, according to the Delaware County District Attorney's Office. In response, jail staff searched the inmate's cell, which turned up 10 packages of buprenorphine and naloxone film, also known as suboxone, authorities said. Investigators found that on several occasions…
Feds: Jamaican Traveler Caught Smuggling Kilo Of Cocaine Into Newark Airport Feds: Jamaican Traveler Caught Smuggling Kilo Of Cocaine Into Newark Airport
Feds: Jamaican Traveler Caught Smuggling Kilo Of Cocaine Into Newark Airport A Jamaican traveler was caught trying to smuggle more than two pounds of cocaine into Newark Airport in bags of coffee and picture frames, federal authorities said. Federal agents seized Perez Omar Gibbs, 37, after he arrived over the weekend aboard a flight from Montego Bay and charged him with importing drugs, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said Monday. U.S. Magistrate Judge Cathy L. Waldor ordered that Gibbs remain in federal custody without bail during a video-conferenced hearing Monday in Newark. Honig credited special agents of the New Jersey Division of the U.S. Department of…
Prosecutor: NJ Corrections Officer Accepted Prison Bribes, Allowed Drug Smuggling In Trenton Prosecutor: NJ Corrections Officer Accepted Prison Bribes, Allowed Drug Smuggling In Trenton
Prosecutor: NJ Corrections Officer Accepted Prison Bribes, Allowed Drug Smuggling In Trenton A New Jersey corrections officer and an accomplice took bribes to sneak drugs into state prison, authorities said. A Mercer County grand jury returned an indictment on Tuesday charging a state corrections officer and another suspect with accepting bribes to smuggle drugs and other contraband, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said. The three-count indictment charges Correction Officer Jamaine Russell, 27, of Deptford, and Debra Rayner, 34, of Mullica Hill, with second-degree official misconduct, second-degree bribery and third-degree financial facilitation of cri…