New Law Increases Penalties for Airport Trespassing
Legislation to increase penalties for an airport security breach has been signed into law, New Jersey Today reports. The bill was inspired by the 2010 incident at Newark Liberty International Airport involved a 28-year-old graduate student who slipped under a security ribbon to kiss his girlfriend goodbye after a guard briefly left his post. The terminal was shut down for six hours afterward.
He was sentenced to 100 hours of community service and a $658 fine, but someone who did the same thing under the new law could face up to 18 months in jail and a $10,000 fine, the article reports.