Crime & Safety

Man Accused of Walking on Runway, Foiling $330M Newark Airport Security System

24-year-old Jersey City man allegedly scaled airport's fence early Christmas morning.

A 24-year-old man scaled a fence at Newark Liberty International Airport early Christmas morning and walked across two runways despite a $300 million alarm system that failed to alert officials.

Siyah Bryant, of Jersey City, scaled a fence at the airport just after 4 a.m. after a date went bad, according to the New York Post.

Bryant made it across two runways and tried to make it into Terminal C before being confronted by a United Airlines employee, who called police, the Post reported.

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Cops checked the man against various watch lists, issued a summons to Bryant, and then released him.

Read more at the New York Post.

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