$644,804 Owed On E-zpass? Port Authority Says Paterson Bus Driver Did It

PATERSON, N.J. -- A jitney bus driver from Paterson rang up a whopping $644,804 debt to the Port Authority by not paying tolls at the Hudson River crossings before police arrested him Wednesday morning, officials announced.

Manuel Aristy Arias
Photo Credit: *MUGSHOT: Courtesy PORT AUTHORITY PD*

Jerry DeMarco

01/25/2017 6:00 p.m.

The breakout on what Port Authority police said are 9,219 "known" toll-evasion violations by Manuel Aristy Arias, 51, according to the authority's Joseph Pentangelo:

$183,904 in unpaid tolls;

$460,900 in fees.

PAPD officers took Aristyaris into custody during a special E-ZPass scofflaw detail Wednesday morning, Pentangelo said.

Also charged were two other bus drivers: Elkarmany Somaya of Bayonne, who rang up $24,522 in tolls and fees, and Washington Cevallos-Vega of Union City, who owed a total of $13,389, he said.

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