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A disgruntled former JetBlue employee was arrested Wednesday for calling in a phony bomb threat and leaving a cellphone with a note that read “explosive device” inside the TWA Hotel at JFK International Airport, according to law enforcement sources.
Dillon D. Vista — who was canned by the airline during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic — allegedly left the cellphone in the lobby of the iconic hotel, sources said.Dillon D. Vista, a former JetBlue employee, allegedly left the cellphone and a threatening note inside JFK’s TWA Hotel.Moments later, 32-year-old Vista allegedly called the Port Authority Police Department’s JFK desk from an airport parking lot around 11 a.m. and told them a cellphone bomb was inside the hotel, where rooms range from $559 to $1,052 per night,Cops arrested Vista at Jamaica Station after scouring surveillance footage, which showed him near the hotel and fleeing via the AirTrain. Judge slams Karen Read for smirking at her as she awaits fate in murder trial: 'This is funny? We're done'Famed polling expert Nate Silver makes bold claim about 2024 election: 'Not a toss-up' “Send this blank e-mail to help get my job back!” he bizarrely wrote on Instagram, showing an email addressed to JetBlue CEO Joanna Geraghty last year. Cops arrested Vista at Jamaica Station after scouring surveillance footage, which showed him near the hotel and fleeing via the AirTrain.Sources said the airline has a restraining order against Vista after he repeatedly showed up to the office and harassed employees following his firing. An Instagram post from January 2023 shows the troubled former office worker smiling in front of the airline’s Long Island City headquarters.His last known address is a Brooklyn homeless shelter, according to sources. Judge slams Karen Read for smirking at her as she awaits fate in murder trial: 'This is funny? We're done'Lydia Moynihan A growing segment of Silicon Valley is all in on Trump: 'Very different' from backlash fears of 2016, 2020Kim Kardashian is back in Marilyn Monroe mode in animal-print bikini: ‘Such an icon’ Olivia Culpo spills her budget-friendly summer beauty staples, from a $4 lip liner to a $5 multi-stickEmma Roberts says ‘young girls’ face more ‘nepo baby’ criticism than men: ‘Why’s no one calling out George Clooney?’ Aaron Carter’s twin sister Angel says she spent years preparing for his death amid his addiction struggles: ‘I knew this day would come’Cops arrested Vista at Jamaica Station after scouring surveillance footage, which showed him near the hotel and fleeing via the AirTrain.
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