Police Claim Man Placed Fake Bomb at JFK Airport

    Oct. 3, 2006
    It took authorities five hours Thursday night to determine the suspicious bag was not a threat.
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    A Vermont man was arrested Friday on charges of placing a false bomb at a John F. Kennedy International Airport parking lot, officials said. The incident shut down traffic to terminals for hours Thursday night, officials said.

    Peter Gonick, 55, of Island Pond, Vt., was arrested on suspicion of reckless endangerment and placing a false bomb at a transportation facility, said Pasquale DiFulco, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the airport.

    It took authorities five hours Thursday night to determine the suspicious bag was not a threat.

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