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Hampden-Silver Spring, PA
News
Look Up! Bus Dangles Over Park During Removal From Scene Of Pittsburgh Bridge Collapse (Photos)
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a Pittsburgh Transit Authority bus!?! Less than on week after Fern Hollow Bridge collapsed into Frick Park, work has begun to remove the vehicles from the debris, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. The first vehicle removed from the debris was the PAT bus, which was removed with the help of the Port Authority, according a statement by Pittsburgh Public Safety. Posted by Pittsburgh Public Safety Department on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 Before that could happen, "Pittsburgh HazMat developed an innovative plan to pump approximately 100 gallons of diese…
Newark, NJ
News
TSA At Newark Nabs NYC Traveler With Gun In His Carry-On
TSA officers at Newark Airport nabbed a New York City man trying to carry a gun aboard a flight on Thursday, authorities said. "The gun was spotted inside the man’s carry-on bag by a TSA officer who was staffing the checkpoint X-ray monitor," said Lisa Farbstein of the Transportation Security Administration in Washington, DC. Port Authority seized the 10-shot 9mm SCCY CPX-2 pistol and took the man into custody, Farbstein said. "This is nothing new,” said Thomas Carter, the TSA’s federal security director for New Jersey. "It’s 2022 and the law regarding the prohibition of guns in airplanes…
Newark, NJ
News
Hero
: Rookie TSA Officer Revives Choking Baby At Newark Airport
A 2-month-old boy had stopped breathing and was red-faced when a young mother at the Newark Airport security checkpoint screamed for help. TSA Officer Cecilia Morales had barely been on the job two months when she heard the commotion at Terminal C and began shouting instructions. "They just kept passing the baby around probably because they were panicking," Morales's fiancé told Daily Voice. Morales, a Newark resident who's been an EMT in North Jersey more than a decade, then vaulted a checkpoint conveyer belt, took the child and placed him face down on her arm, TSA spokesperson Lisa Farb…
Newark, NJ
News
TSA: Ex-Con Bolts Newark Airport Security Checkpoint After Agent Finds Gun In His Bag
An ex-con from Georgia who tried to board a flight at Newark Airport with a stolen gun made a beeline for his gate when TSA officers found the loaded weapon in his carry-on, authorities said. An alarm sounded when a TSA officer staffing the checkpoint X-ray monitor spotted the weapon -- along with boxes of ammo -- on Monday, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said. Port Authority police collected the bag and examined its contents. Meanwhile, a TSA supervisor and lead officer followed the traveler, who grabbed his other belongings and tipped away toward his gate, the agency s…
Jersey City, NJ
Obituaries
Jersey City Woman Struck By Federal Agent's Car Dies, Report Says
A 58-year-old Jersey City woman struck by a federal agent's car was taken off life support over the weekend after just over a week on life support, NJ Advance Media reports. Carmelina Tusa was struck while crossing Route 139 and Baldwin Avenue on her way to work on Oct. 22 around 8:10 a.m. Spokespeople from the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office, Port Authority and Jersey City police departments told NJ Advance Media they are not involved in the investigation. Click here for the full story from NJ Advance Media.
Fort Lee, NJ
News
Hell
ON
Wheels
: GWB Tractor-Trailer Crash Jams Morning Rush Several Miles Into Bergen County
UPDATE: It became worse than the usual hell heading into Manhattan on Monday after a tractor-trailer jack-knifed and slammed into the divider on the upper level of the George Washington Bridge before dawn. Wreckers were needed to remove the wreckage, the median required repairs and firefighters had to clean up a fuel spill following the 5 a.m. crash, which ruptured the rig's fuel tank. This kept three of four inbound lanes closed for several hours, jamming local streets and producing highway backups that lasted well past the morning rush -- at one point reaching all the way to Route 17, whi…
Bethlehem, PA
Police & Fire
PA Kidnapping Suspect Arrested In Holland Tunnel, Victim Hospitalized After Near Abduction
Authorities on Tuesday arrested a 27-year-old Pennsylvania man in the Holland Tunnel after he kidnapped a woman driving on a local street, authorities said. Ruben Carrion Melendez opened the driver's side door of Krystal River's white Nissan and forced her over to the passenger's seat around 7:20 a.m. Tuesday, near Commerce Center Boulevard in Northampton, Northampton County District Attorney Terence Houck said. Melendez, who had an active PFA for stalking Rivera, intentionally crashed the car into a pole, then forced Rivera into his Honda Civic by her hair, Houck said. Melendez…
Bethlehem, PA
Police & Fire
PA Kidnapping Suspect Arrested In Holland Tunnel, Victim Hospitalized
Authorities on Tuesday arrested a 27-year-old Pennsylvania man in the Holland Tunnel after he kidnapped a woman driving on a local street, authorities said. Ruben Carrion Melendez opened the driver's side door of Krystal River's white Nissan and forced her over to the passenger's seat around 7:20 a.m. Tuesday, near Commerce Center Boulevard in Northampton, Northampton County District Attorney Terence Houck said. Melendez, who had an active PFA for stalking Rivera, intentionally crashed the car into a pole, then forced Rivera into his Honda Accord by her hair, Houck said. Melende…
Rivertowns, NY
News
Covid-
19: MTA, Port Authority Workers Must Get Vaccine Or Be Tested Regularly
All New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Port Authority employees will be required to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or get tested weekly. Gov. Andrew Cuomo made the announcement on Monday, Aug. 2. He said the requirement will begin on Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 6. Cuomo cited the growing number of cases of the Delta variant as a reason for the new requirement. Beginning Labor Day, all @MTA employees & NY employees of the Port Authority will be required to either be vaccinated or get tested weekly.Amid the growing threat of the #DeltaVariant, this precaution will he…
Fort Lee, NJ
News
Hero
: NJ Transit Driver Rescues Kids Stuck On GWB
The driver of a New Jersey Transit bus was being hailed as a hero for scooping up a group of schoolchildren stranded on the George Washington Bridge. Tires had blown on a New York City-bound school bus, disabling it, when James Desir came to the rescue of the driver, the 21 kids aboard and their adult chaperones as the group waited for a tow truck in the sweltering heat, NJ Transit's Lisa Torbic said. Desir, meanwhile, was on his way to the GWB bus terminal in Washington Heights to pick up homeward-bound rush-hour commuters, Torbic said. Port Authority police flagged down Desir, who welcom…
Hamilton Township, NJ
News
Former Big-Time NJ Businessman Sent To Fed Pen For Payroll Scheme
A disgraced former up-and-coming New Jersey businessman who once tried to jump to his death from the George Washington Bridge is headed back behind bars. Jerry Carter Jr., 42, a self-described self-made millionaire was once touted as one of New Jersey’s “Top 40 Business People Under 40.’’ Then things went south. The Mercer County resident ended up spending more than two years behind bars on a tax evasion conviction after failing to report $1.8 million in income from a Hoboken payroll company he founded. Instead of staying straight following his release, Carter and two accomplices hatched a…
Fort Lee, NJ
News
Cliff
Drama
: Distraught Rockland Woman, 19, Rescued By Palisades Interstate Parkway PD
HEROES: Noontime traffic rumbled across the George Washington Bridge below as a distraught 19-year-old Rockland woman sat atop the Palisades on Thursday. A short time earlier, the Thiells woman told her father that she wanted to end it all. Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Officer Elizabeth Santos found the woman’s car in the lot at Fort Lee Historic Park, then found her sitting at the edge of the cliffs on the other side of the security fence, Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. Backup Officers Matthew Hearon and Anthony Engel joined Santos in trying to talk to the woman, Walter s…
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