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Woman Arrested At LaGuardia Airport For Trying To Bring Loaded Revolver Through Security Woman Arrested At LaGuardia Airport For Trying To Bring Loaded Revolver Through Security
Woman Arrested At LaGuardia Airport For Trying To Bring Loaded Revolver Through Security A woman was arrested after officials said she tried to board a flight at LaGuardia Airport with a loaded revolver. The Louisiana woman was brought into custody on Monday, Nov. 28, after she was prevented by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers from bringing the .38 caliber revolver handgun through the security checkpoint. A TSA officer saw the handgun on the X-ray machine's monitor when the woman's belongings entered the X-ray unit, according to the report.  The officer alerted Port Authority Police, which responded, confiscated the gun, and detained the woman fo…

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
TSA Officers Stop Fairfield County Man From Carrying Handgun Onto Flight At LGA TSA Officers Stop Fairfield County Man From Carrying Handgun Onto Flight At LGA
TSA Officers Stop Fairfield County Man From Carrying Handgun Onto Flight At LGA Transportation Security Administration officers stopped a Fairfield County man from carrying a handgun onto his flight at LaGuardia Airport. The Darien man was detained on the morning of Monday, Jan. 10, after a TSA officer saw the .38 caliber handgun on the checkpoint X-ray machine's monitor, the TSA announced. TSA said the gun wasn't loaded. Port Authority Police responded to the checkpoint and brought the man in for questioning before they arrested him on weapons charges.  The man reportedly told authorities he didn't realize he had the gun with him. The man is also facing a fede…

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
Westchester County Man Busted At JFK Airport With Handgun Westchester County Man Busted At JFK Airport With Handgun
Westchester County Man Busted At JFK Airport With Handgun Thanksgiving travel got off to a rocky start for a Westchester man who was busted by TSA officers at the JFK Airport with a loaded handgun. On Monday, Nov. 22, officers spotted a man with a .22-caliber handgun at one of the security checkpoints at the airport, loaded with four bullets inside. TSA officials alerted the Port Authority Police, who responded to the checkpoint, confiscated the gun, and arrested a man from Tuckahoe on multiple weapons charges.  Officials did not release the man’s identity, but noted that he also faces thousands of dollars in federal fines for bringing the …

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by Zak Failla
News
Hudson Valley Man Accused Of Bringing Loaded Gun To Airport Hudson Valley Man Accused Of Bringing Loaded Gun To Airport
Hudson Valley Man Accused Of Bringing Loaded Gun To Airport A Hudson Valley man was arrested after attempting to bring a loaded handgun in his carry-on bag at Newark Airport, Transportation Security Administration officials announced. The Rockland County resident was busted by TSA officers with a 9-mm handgun loaded with five bullets on Monday, Aug. 24. The gun was discovered when his bag went through the airport’s X-ray machine. According to a News12 report, the man has been identified as Joel Seabbag, 31, of Monsey. Once the gun was discovered, officials said that Port Authority police were notified, the gun was confiscated and Seabbag was arres…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Upstate NY Man Goes Berserk, Beats Flight Attendant, Breaks Officer's Ribs, Authorities Charge Upstate NY Man Goes Berserk, Beats Flight Attendant, Breaks Officer's Ribs, Authorities Charge
Upstate NY Man Goes Berserk, Beats Flight Attendant, Breaks Officer's Ribs, Authorities Charge An upstate New York man went berserk on a flight to Newark,  barreling into the cockpit door and pummeling a female attendant before injuring one of six Port Authority police officers in a brawl on the tarmac, authorities said. United Airlines Flight 4965 from Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C. had almost reached Newark Liberty International Airport shortly before 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9 when passengers said Matthew Dingley went off. Dingley, 28, of Wynantsville, in Rensselaer County, sprinted to the cockpit door and began banging on it, then attacked the much smalle…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
Thanks To Big-Hearted Long Island Cop, Mets Legend Receives New Kidney And A Chance At Life Thanks To Big-Hearted Long Island Cop, Mets Legend Receives New Kidney And A Chance At Life
Thanks To Big-Hearted Long Island Cop, Mets Legend Receives New Kidney And A Chance At Life Thanks to the big-hearted actions of a Long Island Port Authority Police Officer, Mets legend Ed Kranepool has a new kidney, The road to the new kidney for the 1969 Miracle Mets star is a long one that started when Officer Brian Cooney, 45, a diehard Yankees fans, heard about how desperately kidneys were needed across the country, said the New York Daily News. That when the cop who patrols LaGuardia Airport, a lifelong blood donor, decided to start the matching process and ended up becoming a donor for a Long Island firefighter that then sparked a donor chain that led directly to Kranepool …

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by Kathy Reakes
Schools
Sacred Heart Denies Wrongdoing In Student's Choking Death During Pancake Eating Contest Sacred Heart Denies Wrongdoing In Student's Choking Death During Pancake Eating Contest
Sacred Heart Denies Wrongdoing In Student's Choking Death During Pancake Eating Contest Sacred Heart University is denying any wrongdoing in a student's choking death during a pancake eating contest in 2017. In court documents filed Tuesday in Superior Court in Bridgeport, the college's attorney's blamed Caitlin Nelson’s own actions in her death in response to a lawsuit brought by Nelson’s mother. Nelson, 20, who was studying social work and was a member of Kappa Delta sorority, was rushed to St. Vincent's Medical Center in March 2017 after choking on the pancakes during a charity fundraiser.  Her mother, Rosanne Nelson, of Clark, New Jersey, who is seeking dam…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
New Charges In Woman's Fatal Shooting That Caused School Lockdowns New Charges In Woman's Fatal Shooting That Caused School Lockdowns
New Charges In Woman's Fatal Shooting That Caused School Lockdowns A 28-year-old man recently caught after fleeing by Port Authority police attempting to board a bus to Delaware is facing life in prison following his arraignment for murder in connection to the shooting of a woman in a Tarrytown housing complex that led to numerous school lockdowns in Westchester. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced the arraignment of Cynell Brown, who has been charged with felony counts of second-degree murder, criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of a controlled substance and tampering of physical evidence following the shoo…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
'TV Crew' With Fake Bomb At Newark Airport Identified 'TV Crew' With Fake Bomb At Newark Airport Identified
'TV Crew' With Fake Bomb At Newark Airport Identified Port Authority police Friday morning identified nine people who were arrested after they tried to pass a fake bomb through Newark Airport security claiming it was part of a TV stunt. None of the nine -- including members from Jersey City, Sparta and Staten Island -- had any media credentials, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. Working "in concert," he said, the group packed items made to look like an explosive device into a specially designed suitcase, then recorded it as it passed through a security checkpoint at Terminal One on Thursday, Pentangelo said. TSA ag…

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by Jerry DeMarco