Disruptive Passenger Removed From United Airlines Flight From NJ To Costa Rica: Reports Disruptive Passenger Removed From United Airlines Flight From NJ To Costa Rica: Reports
Disruptive Passenger Removed From United Airlines Flight From NJ To Costa Rica: Reports A United Airlines flight making its way from New Jersey to Costa Rica was forced to make an unexpected pitstop in Virginia for an unruly passenger Wednesday, Aug. 17, as first reported by the Washington Post. One passenger was reportedly removed from the flight for being unwieldy and causing a disruption on the plane, though United Airlines has not released official details of the incident. The FBI was involved in the investigation, according to the Washington Post. Flight 1080 left Newark Liberty International Airport shortly after 8:30 a.m. with a planned landing set in San Jose, Costa Ri…
Lehigh County Man Busted In Elder Fraud Sweep Sentenced To 58 Months In Prison Lehigh County Man Busted In Elder Fraud Sweep Sentenced To 58 Months In Prison
Lehigh County Man Busted In Elder Fraud Sweep Sentenced To 58 Months In Prison A Lehigh County man is facing nearly five years in prison for his role in what federal authorities called the largest coordinated elder fraud sweep in the nation. Anthony Redd, 65, of Fullerton, was sentenced Thursday to 58 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for mail fraud and money laundering offenses by U.S. District Judge Sylvia Rambo. He pleaded guilty in the case in September 2020. Redd was also ordered to pay $240,133 in restitution to the victims. There were at least 29 victims of the conspiracy involving Redd, according to The United States Attorne…
COVID-19: Costa Rica To Open Borders To Residents Of 6 US States COVID-19: Costa Rica To Open Borders To Residents Of 6 US States
Covid-19: Costa Rica To Open Borders To Residents Of 6 US States Costa Rica is re-opening its borders to Americans who reside in six specific states. Residents of Vermont, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Maine, and Connecticut may all begin traveling to Costa Rica again starting Sept. 1. Many countries have closed their borders to American tourists during the COVID-19 pandemic in an effort to stop the spread of the virus. Costa Rica’s re-opening strategy is unique in its targeted border opening. As of Aug. 3, these countries were among the ones Americans could still visit during the pandemic, according to National Geographic: Albania, Brazil, Camb…
Support Pours In For Family Of 36-Year-Old Father Of Two Killed In Head-On Easton Crash Support Pours In For Family Of 36-Year-Old Father Of Two Killed In Head-On Easton Crash
Support Pours In For Family Of 36-Year-Old Father Of Two Killed In Head-On Easton Crash People have opened their hearts and their wallets to support the family of a Redding father of two killed in a car crash that left his mother and young daughter injured. Andy Rivera, 36, was killed around 5:33 p.m., Sunday, July 14, on Route 59 in the area of 757 Stepney Road, said Easton Police Chief Timothy Shaw. Also, in his vehicle at the time of the accident were his 62-year-old mother, Maria, who will need two surgeries and his six-year-old daughter, Brianna, who was also injured. The second vehicle involved was driven by a 50-year-old woman, who had two 17-year-olds in the vehicle…
Hawthorne Fan's 100-Game Streak Has Red Bulls Players, Coaches In Awe Hawthorne Fan's 100-Game Streak Has Red Bulls Players, Coaches In Awe
Hawthorne Fan's 100-Game Streak Has Red Bulls Players, Coaches In Awe It began on Oct. 1, 2016 at a home game against the Philadelphia Union -- and Steven Ferrezza of Hawthorne isn't done yet. The 28-year-old has been to 100 Red Bulls games in a row ever since, including six outside of the U.S.  Saturday's MLS home opener against San Jose will be Ferrezza's 101st, according to the New York Post. Ferrezza's job as a logistics analyst for Delta Airlines at Newark Airport has come in handy for booking flights to follow the team. His most impressive feat in during the streak might have been sneaking into a match last year against Honduran club Olimpia,…
Beware Of These Lottery, Sweepstakes Scams, Better Business Bureau Says Beware Of These Lottery, Sweepstakes Scams, Better Business Bureau Says
Beware Of These Lottery, Sweepstakes Scams, Better Business Bureau Says Tired of your spouse, friend, children, relative or even yourself getting duped by fraud -- which is exploding on cellphones, mailings and computers? The Better Business Bureau (BBB) produced this new study (also attached below) which offers basic tips to avoid being conned. As the saying goes, if it seems to good to be true -- it probably is.  Sweepstakes, lottery and prize scams are among the most serious and pervasive frauds operating today, according to the BBB.  While the scams’ roots go as far back in the culture as gambling, the fraud continues to evolve with the times -- and now in…
NYPD Officers, Including Just Married Groom, ID'd As Maserati Crash Victims NYPD Officers, Including Just Married Groom, ID'd As Maserati Crash Victims
Nypd Officers, Including Just Married Groom, ID'd As Maserati Crash Victims Two off-duty NYPD officers from Long Island, one of whom was a groom on his wedding night, were killed when their rented Maserati struck a tree in the Hudson Valley over the weekend. Shortly before 11:30 p.m. on Sunday night, state police troopers from Kingston were dispatched to Oliveria Road in Shandaken, just west of Woodstock, where there was a report of a one-vehicle crash in the area. An investigation into the crash determined that a 2018 Maserati, which was being driven by Hauppauge resident John Martinez, 39, had left the roadway and struck a large tree before overturning and coming…
Health Craze You Might Be Able To Get Down With Coming To Fairfield County Health Craze You Might Be Able To Get Down With Coming To Fairfield County
Health Craze You Might Be Able To Get Down With Coming To Fairfield County If you haven't seen aesthetic photos of the fruity bowl of goodness, you've likely heard about the Playa Bowls that are taking the Tri-State area by storm. Here's why people are loving Playa Bowls -- which is set to open a store in Fairfield soon, according to its website. The idea stems from two Jersey Shore natives and longtime surfers, who fell in love with the fruit-based bowl on summer surf trips to Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, California, Hawaii, Nicaragua and Panama. The bowls are built like smoothies with a base of Acai (a Brazilian berry packed with antioxidants) or pitaya (a fancy wa…
Wyckoff PD: DWI Driver Stopped On Rt. 208 Illegally Entered US 9 Years Ago Wyckoff PD: DWI Driver Stopped On Rt. 208 Illegally Entered US 9 Years Ago
Wyckoff PD: DWI Driver Stopped On Rt. 208 Illegally Entered US 9 Years Ago WYCKOFF, N.J. – A Wyckoff police officer stopped a drunk, unlicensed driver on Route 208 who it turned out had been living in the U.S. illegally the past nine years, authorities said. Keilor Mendez-Herrera, 28, who’d been living in Paterson after entering the U.S. from Costa Rica, was briefly held in the Bergen County Jail before being turned over to the Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau, Lt. Joseph Soto said. Officer Robert Schlossberg was on patrol around 10 p.m. last Tuesday when he stopped Mendez-Herrera for erratically driving his silver Honda o…
Bird's The Word: Putnam Photographer's Work On Display At Mahopac Library Bird's The Word: Putnam Photographer's Work On Display At Mahopac Library
Bird's The Word: Putnam Photographer's Work On Display At Mahopac Library More than two-dozen images of wild birds photographed by Glenn Sapir from his travels to Florida, California, Costa Rica and closer destinations, along with several taken on his Putnam County property, will be on display beginning next month at Mahopac Public Library. Sapir's photographs will be displayed from May 5 through July 30, and can be seen during regular hours on the library's second floor at 668 Route 6 in Mahopac. A long-time Putnam Valley resident in the Mahopac School District, Sapir has explored the outdoors in 48 states and several other countries through his job as both writ…
Dance Passion Leads To Business For Dobbs Ferry 23-Year-Old Dance Passion Leads To Business For Dobbs Ferry 23-Year-Old
Dance Passion Leads To Business For Dobbs Ferry 23-Year-Old Joshua Dooz grew up behind the scenes of his parents’ dance studio, Central Park Dance Academy in Scarsdale but never took a palpable interest in dancing deciding to play sports like wrestling and basketball instead.  But everything changed during a three-month study abroad trip to Zapote, a village in San Jose, Costa Rica, the summer before his senior year of college. That's when the Dobbs Ferry resident walked into his first dance class and and saw how the rhythmic motions of his instructor, Francy, woke up an energy in the room and in him. “She [Francy] must have been 70, but she moved …
Officials Suspend Airline That Crashed Leading To Death Of Scarsdale Family Officials Suspend Airline That Crashed Leading To Death Of Scarsdale Family
Officials Suspend Airline That Crashed Leading To Death Of Scarsdale Family The Costa Rican charter company that operated the plane that killed a popular Scarsdale family in Costa Rica on New Year’s Eve has had its services suspended by aviation officials in South America. Nature Air has been grounded, with its operations suspended until further notice by the General Directorate of Civil Aviation in Costa Rica, following the holiday crash that took the lives of 50-year-old Bruce Steinberg, 51-year-old Irene Steinberg and their teenage sons, Matthew, William and Zachary of Scarsdale. A single-engine Cessna plane crashed into a mountain in the province of Guanacaste …