Fireworks bust so big they called in the bomb squad
This Staten Islander is hellbent on having a bootleg, backyard fireworks show. Robert Schmidt, 48, was busted in New Jersey for illegally possessing 39 boxes of illegal fireworks — his third such...
View ArticleWoman nabbed after ‘mistakenly’ swiping gadgets at airport
A sticky-fingered woman who swiped an iPad and iPhone before boarding a plane from Miami to New York City on Monday couldn’t escape the long arm of the law, sources said. Maria Ubolini Gonazalez was...
View ArticleMan killed changing tire near JFK airport
A man was killed changing his tire on the shoulder of the Van Wyck Expressway in an accident that snarled traffic around JFK Airport for hours early Sunday, officials said. The victim was struck around...
View ArticleMan busted for DWI after passing out in airport parking lot
He picked a helluva place to sleep it off. A pie-eyed man driving around Kennedy Airport at twice the legal blood-alcohol limit was busted after picking the worst possible parking lot to sober up in —...
View ArticleTwo cops team-up in lawsuit vs. Port Authority Police Department
If only there were this much unity in the Middle East. Two Port Authority cops — one Jewish, the other an Iraqi — have filed a joint Manhattan federal court lawsuit claiming their employer...
View ArticleMan charged in ‘91 Crown Heights riots hit with DWI near airport
Lemrick Nelson Jr., infamous for allegedly stabbing a Jewish man to death amid the 1991 Crown Heights riots, was busted for drunken driving after being found passed out with an open bottle of Scotch in...
View Article‘I want to kill cops’: Man who ‘tried to run over’ officers
A man yelling “I want to kill cops” tried to run down two Port Authority Police officers with his car near the entrance to the Holland Tunnel Wednesday night in the latest attack on officers. Matthew...
View ArticleManiac who ‘wanted to kill cops’ was high on PCP: complaint
A doped-up career criminal who tried to run over two Port Authority Police officers with his silver Audi last week spat on the cops when they arrested him, according to court papers released at his...
View ArticleHow to fix the Port Authority
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is an $8 billion behemoth plagued by “politicized decision-making, money-losing facilities and declining financial viability,” notes a new Manhattan...
View ArticleEleven travelers breeze through JFK Airport in security lapse
The TSA left a security lane unattended at JFK’s JetBlue Terminal Monday morning — and 11 people were able to waltz right through, including three who set off alarms, law-enforcement sources told The...
View ArticleThief bought plane tickets just to swipe goods from airport shops
He put the free in duty free. A thief bought plane tickets to get access to the shops in JFK’s Terminal 4 and then cleaned them out of about $18,000 worth of Fitbits and fancy perfumes in four heists...
View ArticleJFK airport evacuated over bomb scare on 4th of July weekend
An “unattended bag” caused a security scare that led to evacuations at JFK International Airport on Sunday during the busy holiday weekend, officials said.
View ArticleVeteran NYC crossing guard killed after being struck by dump truck while...
Krystyna Naprawa was standing in the crosswalk at Woodhaven Boulevard and Atlantic Avenue at 8 a.m. when she was hit by the truck.
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