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Bus-ted At JFK Airport

The full details of this case are just coming to the surface:

Last night, police from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey responded to the call of a stolen Peter Pan Lines bus from its terminal in Manhattan.

Later in the evening, police found the bus, and its driver, David Slade, 42, of Brooklyn, at JFK International Airport. According to the Queens DA's Office:

...(D)efendant at about 7:20 p.m. yesterday was observed by PAPD police at JFK International Airport’s Terminal Four sitting behind the wheel of a bus belonging to Peter Pan Coach Bus with the keys in the ignition, the motor running and an open can of malt liquor in the console adjacent to the driver’s seat. The defendant, it is alleged, had bloodshot, watery eyes and a strong odor of alcohol on his breath.

An intoxilyzer test allegedly showed that the defendant had a .105 percent blood alcohol content, above the legal limit of .08. A Peter Pan Coach Bus official said the bus had been reported stolen earlier in the day and that the defendant did not have permission or authority to take the bus.

Slade was charged with several crimes but, as the D.A. notes, "It should be noted that criminal charges are merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty."

By Ed Moltzen  ·  29 December 2003
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