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Airport Tech From Hackensack Charged With Child Endangerment
A Hackensack man who works at Teterboro Airport was busted on child endangerment charges, authorities said. Reynaldo Ariel Tarquino was arrested on his 29th birthday last Friday, Jan. 5, after being reported to law enforcement authorities by the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Wednesday, June 10. The prosecutor said investigators from his office and Hackensack police found that Tarquino, a line service technician, “abused a child under the age of 13 in Hackensack and New Milford." He didn’t elaborate. Records show the allega…
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Teterboro Airport Noise Has Gotten Worse, Says New Pascack Valley Group Fighting
For residents in the Pascack Valley region, the noise from private planes flying into Teterboro Airport has become a quality of life issue. Taxpayers for Airport Noise Solutions (TANS) is a new organization that has formed to give a voice to those grievances. The group has circulated a petition, which has almost 900 signatures, requesting the FAA change the flight plans for flights into Teterboro Airport Runway 19 by having them fly over Route 17, a less residential area. TANS is an offshoot of Teterboro Aircraft Noise Abatement Advisory Committee (TANAAC), a group formed in 1987 for …
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Teterboro Airport Noise Persists: Newly-Formed Group Pushes FAA For Alternate Flight Path
Residents who live near Teterboro Airport have had enough with the noise. More than 840 people in the Pascack Valley region, who have formed the group Taxpayers for Airport Noise Solutions, have signed a petition requesting the FAA to change the flight plans for flights into Teterboro Airport Runway 19, by having them fly over Route 17. Signers include the mayors of Emerson, Hillsdale, Montvale, Old Tappan, Oradell, Park Ridge, River Vale, Washington Township, Westwood, and Woodcliff Lake. Residents say this route avoids Hackensack University Medical Center and the Pascack Valley regio…
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: Downed Wires Ignite Minivan On Route 46
Wires downed during Friday afternoon's storm set a minivan on fire on Route 46. The vehicle ignited at the corner of Huyler Street and the highway in Teterboro, across from the airport, shortly before 4 p.m. Sept. 8. Smoke billowed across the street, momentarily stopping traffic just as the Friday evening rush was about to heat up (no pun intended). No injuries were reported. Smoke billowed across Route 46 across from Teterboro Airport.MOONACHIE PD Hasbrouck Heights firefighters extinguished the fully-involved blaze after power was cut to the wires. Little Ferry firefighters provided …
Lifestyle
That Wasn't Really Teterboro Airport On HBO's 'Succession'
Is your jaw still on the floor from that "Succession" twist? Well get ready to be stunned again: That wasn't actually Teterboro Airport. The hit HBO show — much of which occurs in New Jersey — follows a feuding family attempting to gain control of a massive corporation and it features plenty of back stabbing and duplicity. Who knew it also applied to airports? The show's Sunday, April 9 episode used the popular Bergen County airport as a key plot point for more scheming and skullduggery: The scenes at Teterboro Airport were actually shot at Westchester County Airport in White Plains, accord…
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Climate Change Protestors Jam Teterboro Airport, Route 46
Members of a protest group angered over climate-changing CO2 and other emissions from private jets glued themselves to huge self-made teepees at Teterboro Airport, disrupting area air and land traffic. Two climbed a teepee and refused to come down at the entrance to Jet Aviation on Charles Lindbergh Drive. Others glued their hands to the makeshift structures. Seven of them were arrested, the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey's Lenis Valens said. Port Authority police were joined at the airport by a Bergen County Regional SWAT team and Moonachie police after protestors blocked an…
Police & Fire
Laser Pointed At Teterboro Airport Flight Under Investigation: FAA
A laser that was pointed at a flight arriving at Teterboro Airport is under investigation. The crew of Air Alsie Flight 6771, a Dassault Falcon 7X jet, reported being illuminated by a blue laser around 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, according to a statement from the Federal Aviation Association. No injuries were reported. The FAA informed local law enforcement of the incident. "When aimed at an aircraft from the ground, the powerful beam of light from a handheld laser can travel more than a mile and illuminate a cockpit, disorienting and temporarily blinding pilots," the FBI said in a 2…
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Heavy Luggage: Ringleader Gets 10 Years For Smuggling 330 Pounds Of Coke Into Teterboro Airport
A Puerto Rican resident who coordinated a private shipment of more than 300 pounds of cocaine into Teterboro Airport is headed to federal prison for a mandatory 10 years. Mariano Enrique Arroyo Perez – also known as “Humilde” – took a deal from the government rather than risk a trial. He’ll have to serve out the entire plea-bargained term because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. The scheme involved smuggling more than a quarter-ton of cocaine into the United States on private planes flying into the small local airport in Bergen County from 2017 through July 2019, U.S. Attorne…
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Amazon Truck Topples Traffic Light, Route 46 Jammed For Hours
The rush hour on Route 46 near Teterboro Airport was a mess Monday morning, several hours after an Amazon truck took down a traffic signal, authorities said. The eastbound driver tried to make a U-turn at Huyler Street from the eastbound fast lane when the truck toppled the light on the border of Moonachie and South Hackensack at 1:15 a.m., Moonachie Police Lt. Jeff Napolitano said. A New Jersey Department of Transportation crew arrived around 5 a.m. to begin repairs, Napolitano. This took out the fast lane on both sides of the highway, "adding to the pain of the (morning) commute," the l…
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Jet Of One Of Richest Men In World Tracked At Teterboro Airport
A Twitter account that tracks private jets of Russian oligarchs says that a jet belonging to of the world's richest men flew out of Teterboro Airport Thursday, March 24. Ukrainian-born Leonard Blavatnik's jet N600EB left the airport around 9:25 a.m., Russian Oligarch Jets said citing flight-tracking service ADSB Exchange. ROJ's Twitter page is run by the same Florida teen who Elon Musk paid to stop tracking his private jet. The tweet quickly began racking up comments: "Atlantic City trip?" one person said. "Hoagies run?" another joked. Blavatnik, a naturaliz…
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Tractor-Trailer Topples Two Poles On Route 46, KOs Power To Teterboro Muni Building
A tractor-trailer downed two utility poles -- and with them two transformers -- Tuesday morning outside the Teterboro Municipal Building on westbound Route 46. Utility workers said they expect power to the building to remain out for the day and that it would likely be "well into the evening" before their work is completed, authorities said. The driver got out under his own steam and was OK following the early-morning crash across from Teterboro Airport, responders said. The cause wasn't immediately determined. Moonachie police were investigating.
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'Heavy Luggage' Bust: Puerto Rican Man Admits Plot To Smuggle 330 Pounds Of Coke Into Teterboro
A Puerto Rican resident admitted coordinating a private shipment of more than 300 pounds of cocaine into Teterboro Airport, federal authorities said. Mariano Enrique Arroyo Perez, 29, took a deal from the government rather than risk a trial, pleading guilty Tuesday in federal court in Newark to conspiring to distribute five or more kilos of coke, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. The conspiracy unraveled after four men not on the manifest boarded a private Teterboro-bound plane in Puerto Rico with "particularly heavy" luggage, raising the pilots' suspicions, Honig said. Investiga…
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Pedestrian Struck, Killed On Route 46
UPDATE: A 59-year-old Garfield woman was identified as the pedestrian who was struck and killed Monday on a treacherous stretch of Route 46 in Teterboro. Fetije Lickollari was crossing away from the crosswalk when she was struck by a Chrysler 300 on the highway’s eastbound side near Industrial Avenue shortly after 3:30 p.m., Moonachie Police Chief Richard Behrens said. She was pronounced dead at the scene soon after. No charges were filed or summonses issued against the driver, who remained at the scene and then went with Moonachie police to headquarters to provide a statement. “This is…
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Pedestrian Struck, Killed Crossing Route 46
UPDATE: A pedestrian who was killed on eastbound Route 46 outside Teterboro Airport had avoided the crosswalk when he was struck, a witness said Wednesday. Responding officers immediately began conducting CPR on Mariano Morales-Benitez, 43, of Union City on the darkened stretch of highway in front of the bus stop near Fred Wehran Drive at 5:21 p.m. Tuesday, Moonachie Police Chief Richard Behrens said. Members of the Little Ferry First Aid Squad then took Morales-Benitez to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 6:03 p.m., the chief said. "It was an unfortuna…
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Bomb Threat Locks Down Teterboro Airport Ahead Of UN General Assembly's Return
A bomb threat temporarily locked down Teterboro Airport in advance of this week's U.N. General Assembly in Manhattan, authorities confirmed. They didn't immediately say whether Port Authority police bomb dogs found anything during a hour-long search of the airport's four private aviation companies -- known as fixed base operators (or FBOs) -- early Sunday. The call had come into Bergen County dispatch around 6 a.m., responders said. Moonachie Avenue and Fred Wehran Drive were closed, as well. World leaders from 132 countries will convene at the U.N. Secretariat Building along the East Riv…
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Aftermath
OF IDA: Passaic Passenger, 70, Drowns In Floodwaters, North Jersey Begins Cleanup
A 70-year-old passenger drowned in the overflowed Passaic River, despite furious efforts to save him, authorities said, as North Jersey took stock Thursday of the damage from Tropical Storm Ida. Firefighters and police rescued other members of his victim’s family, Passaic Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said, as the region surveyed the aftermath in the sun-drenched light of day. “I believe just like every other municipality in the state as a whole and the tri-state area, we were caught by surprise,” Lora said. “No one could have predicted the storm would have taken such a turn for the worst.” Th…
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Teterboro Aero School Stabbing: Ridgefield Park Man Seized, North Bergen Victim Hospitalized
A 27-year-old student from Ridgefield Park pulled out a pocketknife and stabbed a classmate in the stomach during an argument at the aeronautics school at Teterboro Airport, authorities confirmed. The 20-year-old victim from North Bergen was reported in stable condition at Hackensack University Medical Center following the night-class stabbing shortly after 11 p.m. Wednesday at the Aviation Institute of Maintenance, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey spokeswoman Lenis Valens said. The Moonachie First Aid & Rescue Squad teamed up with HUMC paramedics to treat the victim befor…
Police & Fire
Hasbrouck Heights Firefighters Get 37 Air Masks From Port Authority Colleagues
Hasbrouck Heights firefighters have 37 new compressed air masks courtesy of their colleagues at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Borough firefighters are among the authority's mutual aid partners at Teterboro Airport, where they often respond to incidents. So the Port Authority's Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Unit donated the needed SCBAs (self-contained breathing apparatus oxygen masks). “This donation will no doubt have a life saving impact not only for Teterboro Airport but also for the community of Hasbrouck Heights," said Tom Wiezerzack, the unit's deputy chief and co…
Business
Airplane Themed Diner Opens On Route 46 Near Teterboro Airport
A brand new diner is coming to Route 46 near Teterboro Airport. The owners of Fairmount Eats, a longtime favorite in Hackensack, are bringing Runway Diner to South Hackensack. The menu features all-day breakfast specials, appetizers, sandwiches, salads, burgers, steak, seafood and poke bowls. Juices, smoothies and classic diner desserts are also on the menu. Runway Diner is open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily at 380 Route 46 West, South Hackensack.
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Tense Moment: Wayne Officer Grabs Out-Of-State Driver Reaching For Loaded Gun, Police Say
A potential tragedy was averted when a Wayne police officer grabbed an out-of-state driver as he reached toward a loaded gun on the floor of his car in the parking lot of a Route 46 hotel, authorities said. Patrol officers spotted the vehicle – its windows fogged and loud music coming from inside – parked in the Ramada Inn lot last Wednesday, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. They asked the driver, identified as Michael Walker, 25, of Baton Rouge, LA and his passenger to step out of the car after both admitted smoking pot, he said. Walker said that “he needed to put his shoes on first," Daly …
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NJ Couple Cover Cost Of Flying In 7,400 N-95 Respirators From CA To Teterboro
A shipment of 7,400 N-95 respirator masks arrived at Teterboro Airport early Tuesday to be distributed to area hospitals to help deal with the coronavirus pandemic. Making it possible were a Los Angeles-based company that makes vapes and vape products and a New Jersey couple who’ve become titans of the investment advisory industry. CEO Daniel Shapiro of Inhale Health was aboard the NetsJets Challenger 350 that brought the masks from Van Nuys, CA. Picking up the transportation tab for the business jet were prominent benefactors Ric and Jean Edelman. Crew members with Signature Flight Supp…
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Accused Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein Pleads Not Guilty After Teterboro Tarmac Arrest
Multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein stepped off his private jet moments after touching down at Teterboro Airport and placed in handcuffs, arrested on federal sex trafficking charges after years of accusations, according to multiple reports. The arrest was in connection with a string of child sex abuse incidents between 2002 and 2005 that the 66-year-old pleaded not guilty to in a navy blue prison outfit on Monday in Manhattan federal court. The financier apparently abused "numerous" underage girls as young as 14 at his townhouse in Manhattan and estate in Palm Beach, Florida, according to…
Police & Fire
Hasbrouck Heights PD: DWI Driver Who Crashed Car Into Airport Fence Threatens To Shoot Officers
A drunk Moonachie driver whose sedan slammed into a fence at Teterboro Airport in the middle of the night threatened to “take your guns and shoot you with them,” said Hasbrouck Heights police who arrested him. Officers found the 2008 BMW against an airport fence off Industrial Road around 3:40 a.m. Sunday, Police Lt. Michael Colaneri Jr. said. They tried to administer a field test to Gazmend Kaba, 37, but he “became irate, yelling and screaming, trying to provoke a fight and saying, ‘I’m gonna take your guns and shoot you with them,” Colaneri said. Officers arrested Kaba, who also was driv…
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4 Navy Jets Arriving In Teterboro Monday
The jets are back. This time, four of them. The U.S. Navy F-18s will be arriving at Teterboro Airport Monday, around 10:30 a.m. The aircraft are expected to follow the same approach pattern that all civil aircraft use when landing at the airport. Several North Jersey residents were startled by three F-18s making a Teterboro landing in May.
Lifestyle
Snoop Dogg, Mayweather And Other Celebs Who Recently Flew To, From Teterboro Airport
Teterboro Airport isn't just the oldest airport in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area. It's also the most star-studded. Just 15 miles from New York City, the reliever airport handles smaller planes, many owned by some of the wealthiest and most prominent people in the U.S., leaving most commercial flights to Newark, Laguardia and JFK. According to recent headlines and social media posts, here are some celebrities who you can blame in part for the noisy airspace above Bergen County. 1. Floyd Mayweather: The fighter set out Oct. 2 for a trip around the world, not before first snappin…
Lifestyle
John Legend Stops At North Jersey 7-Eleven, Donates To Fire Department
Two Wood-Ridge firefighters were outside 7-Eleven in Wood-Ridge selling tickets to the department's upcoming fundraiser breakfast when John Legend pulled up Sunday morning. The singer, producer and composer went into the store -- after one firefighter explained what the cause was for -- and came out with $20. That's when he handed it to the firefighters, got back in his car and drove off, firefighters said. Legend didn't say what he was doing in the area but firefighters speculated he may have been at Teterboro Airport, approximately a mile away from the Hackensack Avenue store. Last year,…
Police & Fire
Upstate NY Woman Who Drove Onto Teterboro Airport Runways Charged
A 31-year-old upstate New York woman who drove her car across two runways at Teterboro Airport on Tuesday was hospitalized for a psychological evaluation, authorities said Thursday. Ciara Schultz, of Ballston Spa, NY was sent to New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus after being processed by Port Authority police on trespassing, obstruction and improper behavior charges, they said. Schultz -- formerly of North Carolina -- got into the airport off Industrial Avenue just after 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, drove across the runways, then bailed out of her car, authorities said. The security breach brought…
Police & Fire
Upstate NY Woman Who Drove Onto Teterboro Airport Runways Charged
A 31-year-old upstate New York woman who drove her car across two runways at Teterboro Airport on Tuesday was hospitalized for a psychological evaluation, authorities said Thursday. Ciara Schultz, of Ballston Spa, NY was sent to New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus after being processed by Port Authority police on trespassing, obstruction and improper behavior charges, they said. Schultz -- formerly of North Carolina -- got into the airport off Industrial Avenue just after 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, drove across the runways, then bailed out of her car, authorities said. The security breach brought…
Lifestyle
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: Video Captures Navy Jets Blasting Off From Teterboro Airport
A trio of U.S. Navy F-18s mystified some Bergen County residents and frightened others as they roared in the sky before landing at Teterboro Airport last Thursday. The planes created a spectacle once more the following day -- this time with fair warning from local authorities -- when they departed at 2 p.m. from the airport. Brigham Kerr of Fair Lawn was driving past Teterboro Airport Friday when he remembered: three U.S. Navy F-18s would be departing that day. But he didn't know when. As it turns out, he arrived just on time for the show. "I looked towards the airport and happen to…
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Cool Your Jets: Three Navy F-18s To Blast Off Friday From Teterboro
Don't freak out: the planes are coming. Three U.S. Navy F-18 jets will be departing Friday from Teterboro Airport. Authorities do not have an estimated time of blast off. The same three planes on Wednesday night startled many Bergen County residents while landing. Direct any inquiries to the Teterboro Noise Abatement Office at (201) 393-0399 or at noiseoffice@teb.com.
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U.S. Navy Fighter Jets Rattle Bergen County
If you heard three alarmingly loud planes fly over your house around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, you weren't the only one. It wasn't clear where they came from or where they're headed, but the trio of U.S. Navy fighter jets touched down at Teterboro Airport. Dozens of Bergen County residents in Maywood, Paramus, Emerson, Hackensack and elsewhere asked one another whether those were, in fact, fighter jets screaming over their homes. The planes will be departing again on Friday at an unknown time, authorities said. In December, the Teterboro Airport Noise Abatement Advisory Committee (TANAAC) voted …
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