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Police & Fire
Deputy US Marshal Accused Of Drunken Abuse On JFK Flight To London
A deputy United States Marshal based in Brooklyn was arrested in London following what was described as drunken abuse aboard a flight from JFK. Michael Brereton, 39, of Staten Island, remained in the custody of British authorities after he was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and charged on Thursday, Dec. 7, with entering an aircraft while drunk. He was expected to appear in court in Uxbridge, England, on Friday. Both he and another deputy who work together in the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn had been drinking on a Delta flight to London to extradite a defendant in a fra…
Police & Fire
'Good Catch On Busy Holiday': JFK Traveler Nabbed With Loaded Gun
A “good catch on a busy holiday” produced the July 4th arrest of a Florida man who tried boarding a flight at Kennedy Airport with a loaded gun, authorities said. TSA officers detected the compact 9mm Smith & Wesson weapon in the man’s carry-on bag as he entered a security checkpoint at JFK, the Transportation Security Administration’s Lisa Farbstein said. The gun was loaded was 10 bullets, she said. Port Authority police seized the gun and arrested the traveler. In addition to criminal charges, he also faces federal penalties that can reach $15,000, authorities said. “We are seeing …
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Woman Voted Off NJ Flight, 2 Others Removed In Viral TikTok Videos
The passengers have spoken? A series of TikTok videos with more than 4 million views total appear to show a passenger being kicked off a Frontier Airlines flight from Trenton-Mercer Airport to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Witnesses tell Daily Voice it all started at the gate in New Jersey around 4:40 p.m. Monday, May 1, when a family's request to have their seats moved was declined. They proceeded to argue with a flight attendant, the witness said. Eventually, two other passengers were removed: One threw money and the other flipped the bird. In total, three passengers…
Police & Fire
Israel-Bound Flight U-Turns Back To Newark Three Hours In, Unruly Passenger Blamed
A United Airlines flight bound for Israel had been in the air for nearly three hours when it suddenly turned around and headed back to Newark because of what the airline confirmed was a "disruptive" passenger. The passenger apparently sat in a crew seat while waiting to use the bathroom and ended up in a shouting match with a flight attendant, according to multiple reports. Crew members warned the man that Flight 90 -- which had left Newark early Sunday, April 23, on its way to Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv -- would have to head back if he didn't return to his seat, one pass…
Police & Fire
Florida Man Had Loaded Gun, Ammo In Carry-On At Trenton-Mercer Airport: TSA
A Florida man was arrested Sunday after authorities at the Trenton-Mercer Airport allegedly found a loaded gun and multiple magazines in his carry-on bag. The .380 caliber handgun, which was accompanied by two loaded gun magazines and a pellet gun, was the first firearm found at the airport checkpoint in 2022, the TSA said. The unidentified man was taken into custody following security officers’ discovery and also faces a steep fine. “Our officers are good at their jobs and are focused on their mission—especially during the busy holiday travel period,” said Thomas Carter, TSA’s Federal Sec…
Police & Fire
Florida Man, 76, Admits Masturbating, Touching Woman On Flight From Newark: Feds
A 76-year-old Florida man faces 90 days in jail after he pleaded guilty this week to masturbating on a flight from Newark to Boston earlier this year, federal authorities said. Donald Edward Robinson of Bonita Springs was accused of exposing himself and masturbating at a 21-year-old woman aboard the April 8 flight, the FBI reported. The woman recorded a 24-second video on her phone of Robinson fondling himself through his pants shortly after takeoff, authorities said. Later in the hour-long flight, he exposed himself to her and touched her thigh without consent. The woman…
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Happy Ending At Newark Airport After Thief Snatches Wedding Band At TSA Checkpoint
A thief was steps from fleeing with a fellow traveler's wedding band at Newark Airport when TSA and Port Authority officers teamed up to catch him, authorities said. Told that the ring was missing from a screened bin, a Transportation Security Administration supervisor reviewed surveillance video and saw the thief snatch it, the TSA's Lisa Farbstein said. Port Authority police who were called to the checkpoint watched the video, got a good look at the thief and headed in his direction, Farbstein said. Moments later they returned to the checkpoint with the ring and the man in custody after …
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Lufthansa Flight From Newark Makes Emergency Landing In Boston: Report
A flight out of Newark made an emergency landing at Logan Airport on Monday night after the pilot saw smoke in the cockpit, NBC Boston reports. Lufthansa Flight 403 landed just before 10:30 p.m. after the pilot declared an emergency. The plane diverted to Boston after a "technical irregularity" caused smoke in the plane, the report said. There were no injuries reported from the 326 people aboard the Boeing 747, NBC reported. Passengers told the news station that the plane descended rapidly after the pilot announced the emergency landing, causing a panic in the cabin. …
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'It's My Dad's': PA Man With Gun Arrested At Atlantic City Airport Checkpoint
A Pennsylvania man who was caught trying to carry a loaded gun onto a flight at Atlantic City Airport claimed it wasn't his, federal authorities said. The Radnor, PA resident was seized when a Transportation Security Administration officer spotted the .38-caliber handgun as it passed through the X-ray monitor in a carry-on bag, TSA Spokesperson Lisa Farbstein said. It was loaded with seven bullets, including one in the chamber, she said. "Security officials alerted New Jersey State Police, who confiscated the handgun and arrested the man," Farbstein said. "The man claimed that the carry-o…
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Video Catches FL Man Masturbating Before Assaulting Seatmate On Flight From Newark: Feds
A Florida man was arrested for masturbating and inappropriately touching his seatmate on a flight from Newark to Boston on Friday, April 8, federal officials said. Donald Edward Robinson, 76, of Bonita Springs, FL, was touching himself when he exposed his penis to a 21-year-old female passenger seated next to him while onboard the flight, then placed his hand on top of the victim’s thigh without her consent, according to the Massachusetts US Attorney's Office. The victim recorded a 24-second video of Robinson fondling and manipulating his penis through his pants, authori…
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New Orleans Woman Stopped With Loaded Gun At Newark Airport
TSA officers nabbed a New Orleans woman trying to carry a loaded gun onto a flight at Newark Airport, authorities said. The .40-caliber Smith & Wesson weapon wasn't loaded as it passed through the checkpoint X-Ray machine’s monitor, although an ammo magazine that the woman had was, the Transportation Security Administration's Lisa Farbstein said on Wednesday, March 9 She told them she was running late for her flight and didn't have enough time to pack the firearm in a checked bag, Farbstein said. Officers immediately alerted the Port Authority police, who arrested the woman on weapon…
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Number Of Guns Seized At US Airports 'Shot' Up Last Year, TSA Says
The second year of "the new normal" in a world with COVID saw a significant increase not only in the volume of travelers but also in the number of those trying to bring guns aboard planes nationwide, the TSA said Tuesday. With more people traveling last year, Transportation Security Administration officers stopped 5,972 firearms at airport security checkpoints across the country -- up 3,257 from the year before, said Lisa Farbstein, an agency spokesperson for the TSA. Here's the kicker: Last year's amount was also considerably more than the 4,432 detected in 2019 -- even before the pandemi…
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TSA Nabs CT Traveler With Gun At LaGuardia
TSA officers at LaGuardia Airport nabbed a Connecticut man trying to carry a gun aboard a flight on Monday, authorities said. A Transportation Security Administration officer spotted the unloaded .38-caliber Sig Sauer P238 pistol in a carry-on bag as it passed through the checkpoint X-Ray machine’s monitor at the Queens, NY airport, the TSA's Lisa Farbstein said. Officers immediately alerted the Port Authority police, who detained the Darien man for questioning before arresting him on weapons charges, she said. Travelers cannot carry guns onto planes under any circumstances, Farbstein no…
Police & Fire
Woman Totes Handgun In Coat Pocket At Philadelphia Airport: TSA
A North Carolina woman was arrested after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers found a handgun inside her coat pocket at a Philadelphia International Airport security checkpoint, officials said. TSA officer spotted the gun in the security checkpoint X-ray machine and alerted police on Dec. 21, spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein said. Police confiscated the weapon and arrested the woman, who also faces a stiff federal financial civil penalty for carrying her gun to a TSA security checkpoint. “It’s the busy holiday travel period and it’s no time to be toting a gun to the a…
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Traveler Caught With Gun At Newark Airport Checkpoint
TSA agents grabbed a Florida man as he tried to board a plane at Newark Airport with a gun and a box of ammo in his carry-on baggage, authorities said. The weapon was properly packed in a hard-sided case along with a box that held 35 bullets, the Transportation Security Administration said. But it wasn't supposed to be carried on, the TSA said. Had he declared the gun, the passenger would have been able to include the legally owned firearm with his checked baggage, the agency said. He apparently forgot. Agents held the man for Port Authority police who took him into custody. That makes …
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Flight From NY Makes Emergency Landing After Passenger Assaults Flight Attendant
An American Airlines flight from New York was diverted after a passenger allegedly assaulted a flight attendant. Flight 976 had departed New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport around 9:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 27, and was headed to John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, but was diverted to Denver because of the incident, the airline said in a statement. The aircraft landed safely and taxied to the gate where law enforcement removed and apprehended the passenger, the airline said. American Airlines did not provide details or the flight attendant's condition. But passe…
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Quadriplegic Man Bedbound For 19 Hours After Airline Refused To Load $60K Wheelchair
A quadriplegic man was bedbound for 19 hours after the airline broke his wheelchair in Boston and then refused to load it onto a plane in Charlotte, NC, he and his New Jersey wife said on social media. Matt Wetherbee, 34, tweeted from a bed during a layover at Charlotte Douglas International Airport that American's crew at Boston Logan International Airport had damaged his chair. Then, the crew in Charlotte refused to load it onto the plane he was boarding due to a lack of space. After my chair was damaged twice on 2 separate @AmericanAir flights, grounds crew in Charlotte refused to …
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Family Reportedly Kicked Off Newark-Bound Flight After 2-Year-Old Girl Refused Face Mask
A Colorado mom says her family was kicked off a United Airlines flight to Newark Liberty International Airport after their 2-year-old daughter refused to wear a face mask. Eliz Orban's video from the Dec. 11 flight shows her husband, Erhard Orban, trying to get Edeline to wear her mask as the plane prepared for take off from Denver. Moments later, a flight attendant can be seen coming over to their seats and asking them to get off due to non-compliance. The Orbans questioned the move, but ultimately exited the plane -- frustrated and saddened that they wouldn't be able to make it to t…
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