Newark, NJ
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It's The Old Gun In The Belt Buckle Trick: Ridgefield Park Man Nabbed At Newark Airport It's The Old Gun In The Belt Buckle Trick: Ridgefield Park Man Nabbed At Newark Airport
It's The Old Gun In The Belt Buckle Trick: Ridgefield Park Man Nabbed At Newark Airport TSA agents at Newark Airport said they nabbed a Ridgefield Park man trying to sneak a gun belt buckle through security. The weapon, seized at a Terminal C X-ray security check, was “packed inside of two soft-sided zippered cases within a backpack and initially appeared to be a large belt buckle with a replica gun on it,” the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said. It could quickly be popped out of its “decorative metal oval frame” and used, the agency said in a release. The owner told Port Authority police who arrested him that he “forgot he had his gun with him,” it said. “Cla…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lower Paxton, PA
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Three Minors Shot In Pair Of Harrisburg Shootings Three Minors Shot In Pair Of Harrisburg Shootings
Three Minors Shot In Pair Of Harrisburg Shootings Two separate shootings sent three minors to the hospital on Sunday. The first shooting happened in the 2100 block of Brookwood Street near 21st Street around 2 p.m. Two juvenile victims suffered non-life threatening injuries and were taken to a local hospital, according to the Harrisburg Police Commissioner Thomas Carter. The second shooting happened near 14th and Market streets around 3 p.m. One juvenile was injured and taken to a local hospital, the extent of their injuries is unknown. The names, age or status on the conditions of the victims have not been released.

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by Jillian Pikora
Newark, NJ
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COVID-19: Fewer Flying, But More Caught Carrying Guns At Airports COVID-19: Fewer Flying, But More Caught Carrying Guns At Airports
Covid-19: Fewer Flying, But More Caught Carrying Guns At Airports An Essex County traveler caught trying to bring a loaded gun through a Newark Airport checkpoint late last week wasn't a rarity: Even though far fewer people are flying because of the coronavirus, the TSA says, more passengers are packin'. Airline traveler volume since the pandemic hit has been 60% to 80% lower than last year. Yet, with 11 weeks left in 2020, the TSA reports as many guns seized this year as in all of 2019, "when passenger volume was significantly more robust," said Thomas Carter, the TSA’s security director for New Jersey. Some examples: A Pennsylvania man was caught wit…

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by Jerry DeMarco