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NJ Flight Attendant Smuggled Millions In Drug Cash To The DR Through Special Airport Lane: Feds NJ Flight Attendant Smuggled Millions In Drug Cash To The DR Through Special Airport Lane: Feds
NJ Flight Attendant Smuggled Millions In Drug Cash To The DR Through Special Airport Lane: Feds A flight attendant from New Jersey smuggled $2.5 million of an estimated $8 million in drug money from the United States to the Dominican Republic through a scheme that capitalized on flight crews’ easy access through airports, authorities charged. Charlie Hernandez, 42, of West New York and three other accused mile-high drug mules used code words such as “lotions” – meaning drug cash – and “los tigres” (for their drug-dealing partners), an indictment alleges. Each got a cut for slipping the cash through unscreened TSA security lanes for international commercial airline employees at JFK Air…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Deputy US Marshal Accused Of Drunken Abuse On JFK Flight To London Deputy US Marshal Accused Of Drunken Abuse On JFK Flight To London
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…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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(Update) Threats Force Newark-Bound Plane To Return To Boston; Passenger Removed From Flight (Update) Threats Force Newark-Bound Plane To Return To Boston; Passenger Removed From Flight
(Update) Threats Force Newark-Bound Plane To Return To Boston; Passenger Removed From Flight Update: The call to New Jersey officials that forced a Newark-bound flight to return to Boston was a hoax, Massachusetts State Police said on Monday. The man removed from the flight posed no threat to the plane's safety, never made threats, and is now cooperating with police. Investigators said they will now turn their focus to finding the person who made the fake-threat call to New Jersey police. Original: A plane headed to Newark Airport over the weekend was forced to turn around after authorities received a tip that a passenger had made threats of violence. Delta Airlines fli…

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by Josh Lanier
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TSA Drops Mask Mandate For Planes, Public Transit... For Now TSA Drops Mask Mandate For Planes, Public Transit... For Now
TSA Drops Mask Mandate For Planes, Public Transit... For Now Face masks will no longer be enforced on airplanes and other modes of public transport after a federal judge ruled the order unconstitutional Monday, April 18. The decision comes after U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle said in a 59-page decision that the CDC overstepped its authority by enforcing the 14-month directive. The Biden administration was in the process of reviewing and deciding whether or not to appeal it as of Monday evening, multiple news outlets report. The Amtrak rail system and TSA both rescinded the mandate, but the CDC – which extended the mask mandate through …

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by Nic Acosta & Cecilia Levine
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American Airlines Passengers Fume Over 1,500 Halloween Weekend Flight Cancellations American Airlines Passengers Fume Over 1,500 Halloween Weekend Flight Cancellations
American Airlines Passengers Fume Over 1,500 Halloween Weekend Flight Cancellations American Airline passengers fumed on Twitter Sunday, after nearly 1,500 flight cancellations made over Halloween weekend. Airline officials cited high winds and staffing conditions at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Thursday, according to a staff note sent Saturday by COO David Seymour obtained by CNBC. Wow @AmericanAir, stranded overnight in ORD last min cancel but issue known well known in advance. 3.5hr 📞 now will be here for days!! Can’t even go back to NYC. Challenge accepted United/Delta! After 30yr with AA this is the end… #totalfail #AmericanAirlines #hell pic.twitte…

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by Cecilia Levine