New Jersey Man Angry Over Days-Long Power Outage Threatens to Kidnap Utility Worker, Bomb Substation: Cops
Hundreds of thousands lost power when a nor'easter with vicious winds tore through the tri-state area last week
•
What to Know
Hundreds of thousands lost power when a nor'easter with vicious winds tore through the tri-state area last week
Cops say a New Jersey man who still hasn't had power restored threatened to kidnap a utility company worker and bomb a substation
A second major winter storm in a week could bring snowfall rates up to 2 inches an hour at times on Wednesday and significant accumulations
A New Jersey man whose home has been without power since last week's nor'easter threatened to kidnap a utility company employee and blow up a substation, authorities say.
Vernon police said 63-year-old Robert Winter was charged with making terroristic threats.
Authorities say Winter called Jersey Central Power & Light on Monday and quickly became agitated while speaking with a utility staffer. They say he threatened to kidnap an employee and then indicated that he knew how to make bombs and would blow up a substation so no one could have power.
Ryan Lahiff
Eric Hinton
Dawn Thursday revealed more destruction. Here, a fallen tree crushes a car at Vanderbilt and Myrtle avenues in Fort Greene.
Christine Rejcek
Brandon Gates
Coralie Carlson
Anthony D'Amato
Rany Haksan
Andi, a Boston Terrier mix who wandered the streets after Hurricane Maria before being rescued from Puerto Rico earlier this year, tries to keep at least one paw out of the snow at her Maplewood home.
Nancy Antonelli
Christine Rejcek
Bella Calayag
NBC New York
Hans Zhong
Coralie Carlson
NBC New York
Dan Chiu
Coralie Carlson
Michelle Beteta
News 4 New York
Kevin Reilly
NBC New York
TELEMUNDO 40
Krystal Rodriguez
NBCConnecticut.com
NBC New York
St. Hubert's Animal Welfare Center
NBC New York
NBC New York
NBC New York
NBC New York
NBC New York
NBC New York
Jerson Argueta
A driver spun out and flipped her car on the LIE as the storm worsened. (She wasn't seriously injured.)
Erica Byfield
NBC New York
NBC New York
David Nelke
By 10 a.m. Nutley, NJ was already coated with a solid 2 inches of snow.
News 4 New York
Two tractor-trailers collided on the eastbound LIE near exit 35 as the snow picked up.
@philryan92 / Twitter
Hard to beat the sights in Manhattan on a snowy morning, at least before the storm gets bad.
@ColinOLearyNY / Twitter
The fourth nor'easter of March may bring a foot of snow to NYC, including this basketball court in Brooklyn.
News 4 New York
The calm before the storm, as seen from Hoboken early Wednesday morning. By 8 a.m. snow was steadier in New York City, accumulating in parts of Staten Island.
News 4 New York
By 9 a.m. it was already getting difficult to get a train to either Boston or Washington.
News 4 New York
In the New Jersey suburbs around Newark, snow wasn't sticking to much yet as of 8:30 a.m.
Danielle Misiak
A 30-40 foot tree falls in backyard of Short Hills, New Jersey home, narrowly missing the guest house by only inches.
NJ Transit
NJ Transit
@SoBrunswickPD / Twitter
Alan Glanzman
@twsbaratta/Instagram
Susan Carlson
Getty Images
@icecoastchef/Instagram
@brianjacobson/Instagram
@hellojermia / Instagram
Edward Taragano
News 4
Andrew Margulis
@reneeisawesome / Instagram
Valeria Montenegro
Valeria Montenegro in Copiague, Long Island, shares with News 4 this view of her street caused by the storm: "The trampoline has been blown out of someone's yard and is now tangled in the power lines and is partially obstructing the street."
A huge tree came crashing down onto a car on 235th Street near Riverdale Avenue in the Bronx.
South Brunswick Police
h-MAG.com
Dan Thropp
Cyndee Marte
Bilzbabe
@hitz_productions
@steph_schlot/Instagram
h-MAG.com
h-MAG.com
@rubenbeaut
@erikabaldino/Instagram
Brendan Sullivan
Justin Cole
News 4
@TonySJersey/Twitter
NBC 4 New York
@donmfil/Twitter
NBC 4 New York
NBC 4 New York
@Bizbee19/Twitter
News 4 New York
News 4
@LamboGTR/Twitter
@crashandburn77/Instagram
News 4
Karishma Dinaram
h-MAG.com
News 4
@bilzbabe/Twitter
@Bizbee19/Twitter
@BobsBoxes/Twitter
@rob_bennett/Twitter
@davidsigal/Twitter
@donmfil/Twitter
@fabulousmoolah/Instagram
@hey_marj/Instagram
@hey_marj/Instagram
@hey_marj/Instagram
h-MAG.com
@TonySJersey/Twitter
Evan Bell
News 4
News 4
@jacquelyngenevieve/Instagram
News 4
NJ Transit
News 4
News 4
News 4
Imelda Urias
@AGreenwaldHQ/Twitter
@Katze910/Twitter
@KCAngel126/Twitter
@mclovin917/Instagram
@miguelgomer/Instagram
@tribecameows/Instagram
Kari Casper
@Jason_Spincycle/Twitter
Adam Michaels
Brian Harmon
NBC New York
Sira Puchoon
Barb Green / Facebook
Carli waits for a car ride on a snowy afternoon in Vernon, New Jersey, on Wednesday, March 7, 2018.
Al Monzo
LaGuardia Airport
NBC New York
New Jersey State Police
Christopher Cahyadi
Flores Frescas
NBC 4 New York
A JCP&L security investigator soon contacted police and provided them with a recorded copy of the phone call.
Winter was arrested a short time later at his home. It wasn't known Tuesday if he's retained an attorney.
Storm Team 4
Projected snow totals around the tri-state.
Storm Team 4
Storm Team 4
Storm Team 4
Wednesday's day planner.
Storm Team 4
Winter storm warnings and advisories in effect around the tri-state until Thursday morning.
Storm Team 4
Storm Team 4
Storm Team 4
Nor'easter timeline for New York City.
Storm Team 4
Nor'easter timeline for the Jersey Shore.
Storm Team 4
Nor'easter timeline for Long Island.
Storm Team 4
Nor'easter timeline for the north and west.
Storm Team 4
Storm Team 4
Storm Team 4
Storm Team 4
