Cops Looking for FedEx Truck,Truck Jacked

NEW YORK (AP)  — Gun-toting carjackers made off with a FedEx delivery truck after accosting the driver at a stoplight in Manhattan early Friday, police said. Forced out of the truck and into another car, the driver was found around 1:30 a.m. in Brooklyn, police said. They were interviewing him later Friday. The driver wasn’t hurt, police and FedEx Corp. spokesman Steve Barber said. The FedEx Express truck was headed to a company facility in Newark, N.J., Barber said. While the driver was stopped at a traffic light on the far western side of midtown Manhattan, two men confronted him, brandishing a gun, according to police. Police and Barber said they didn’t know the truck’s contents or their value. Police described the truck as an 18-wheeler.

Two Passaic juveniles charged with attempted homicide in stabbing of Passaic Teen all involved go to Passaic High

PASSAIC — Police have arrested and charged two juveniles with attempted homicide for allegedly stabbing a 17-year-old boy during an attempted robbery Monday afternoon.

Investigators believe one of the arrested youths, who are 15 and 17 years old, is responsible for stabbing the boy in the chest, piercing his lung, said Capt. Ross Capuana of the Passaic Police Department’s youth services division. The victim, whose injuries were described as “life-threatening” before he underwent surgery, remained in stable condition at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center Thursday, Capuana said.The alleged attackers were also charged with unlawful weapons possession and conspiracy to commit an unlawful act. They were held Thursday at the Passaic County Juvenile Detention Center.

Police anticipate additional arrests in the case, in which a group of bandana- and scarf-masked young men mobbed and assaulted the victim and another 17-year-old boy after they refused to hand over their North Face brand jackets. The other boy was not seriously injured.

Both the victims and their alleged attackers are students at Passaic High School, police said. NorthJersey.com

Web site provides info on airport checkpoint wait times

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Want an idea of how much time you’ll spend at security checkpoints before heading to the airport?

Now there’s a way to find out.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is making the information available on its Web site: www.panynj.info.

The information is being provided by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration.

It’s based on historical averages at the region’s three major airports — JFK International, Newark Liberty International and LaGuardia Airport. nj.com