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King: JFK breach 'serious security breakdown'

Originally published: August 13, 2012 11:04 AM
Updated: August 13, 2012 10:07 PM
By KEITH HERBERT  keith.herbert@newsday.com

Airplanes on the runway of John F. Kennedy

Photo credit: Uli Seit | Airplanes on the runway of John F. Kennedy International Airport as a boater passes by on the waters of Head Of Bay, located in Queens. (Aug. 13, 2012)

Rep. Peter King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, called the breach of a $100-million fence around Kennedy Airport by a Queens man on Friday "a serious security breakdown" that could be the focus of congressional hearings.

Port Authority police have charged Daniel Castillo, 32, of Howard Beach, with criminal trespass, according to the police report.

He was riding a...

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