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5 Men Detained After Plane Lands in N.J. 3 minutes ago Authorities on Saturday boarded an American Airlines plane and detained five men after it landed at Newark Liberty International Airport, according to a spokesman for the airport's operator. The plane was bound from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport when an air marshal notified authorities of five men he considered suspicious, according to Marc LaVorgna, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airport. Port Authority police took the five men into custody immediately after the plane landed at 3:20 p.m., LaVorgna said....

A Port Authority police officer arrested a federal airport screener following a shouting match at Newark Liberty International Airport. It happened at a Terminal C checkpoint after Port Authority Police Officer Steve Castro escorted an off-duty New York City police officer to the gate to see off a family member. Allen Abbott is charged with disorderly conduct. The Port Authority says Abbott became verbally abusive. But the acting federal security director at the airport says Abbott was assisting another screener who believed security had been circumvented.

NEWARK, N.J. -- A man arriving from Portugal apparently committed suicide in a janitor's closet at Newark Liberty International Airport. Authorities said the 39-year-old Maryland man was found by a cleaner Sunday afternoon. The man's name was being withheld while authorities tried to reach relatives. The man apparently hanged himself between his walk from the plane and the customs checkpoint to re-enter the United States. Authorities said the man, a U.S. citizen, was scheduled to make a connecting flight to Washington, D.C. The Essex County Medical Examiner's Office planned to perform an autopsy.