A woman who tried unsuccessfully several times to stow away aboard planes at San Francisco International Airport has breached security at another Bay Area airport. This time the plane took off with her on board.

Marilyn Hartman, 62, managed to navigate through security at Mineta San Jose International Airport on Monday night – without a proper boarding pass – and got on Southwest Airlines Flight 3785 to Los Angeles International Airport, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has learned. She apparently bypassed a document checker after a couple of failed attempts.

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Hartman, who has previously breached security at SFO, has been trying to board planes bound for Hawaii.

Her wits are sound, District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe previously he told SF Weekly: she is "articulate" and clean. "She just strikes me as a very lonely person," he added.

Southwest flight attendants noticed something was wrong after the plane landed at LAX. The crew did a head count and realized it did not match their records, according to the airline.

After being taken into custody by airport police, Hartman was arrested by LA County's Sheriff's deputies at LAX and faces misdemeanor trespassing charges. Bail was set at $500.

The San Francisco woman has a history of trying to get on flights without a ticket. Three times in February, twice in March and at least once in April she attempted to board flights at SFO. At least twice she was able to breach Transportation Security Administration security and make her way into the boarding area.

San Mateo County Sheriff's spokeswoman Rebecca Rosenblatt said police at San Francisco's airport are familiar with Hartman.

“She showed up there several times, indicating that she wanted to go to Hawaii, where it was nice and warm,” Rosenblatt said. “She never actually had a ticket to get on the plane to take her there, but that did not deter her from trying several times.”

TSA says it has already made minor changes to the document-checking process at SJC. "Following an initial review by TSA at San Jose International Airport, the agency has initiated minor modifications to the layout of the document checking area to prevent another incident like this one," TSA said in a statement.

In a statement, Southwest said it is “actively investigating” the incident and is cooperating with authorities.

“Upon arrival in Los Angeles, a Southwest Employee became aware of the un-ticketed passenger and immediately notified local authorities,” the statement said. “Our number one priority remains the Safety and Security of our Customers and Employees. In addition to investigating this internally, Southwest continues our work with all relevant regulatory agencies, including the TSA. To respect the integrity of the investigation, we do not have additional details to share.”

Monday’s arrest comes about three months after a South Bay teenager hid in the wheel well of a Hawaiian Airlines plane at San Jose International Airport. Officials say he jumped a fence at the airport and hitched a ride on a flight bound for Hawaii back in April. The 15-year-old survived sub-zero temperatures during the five-hour flight.

The teen is not facing any charges.

Congressman Eric Swalwell, who is on the Homeland Security committee, is calling this latest stowaway case a "security failure." He released a statement Tuesday afternoon:

“Passenger safety in the sky relies upon effective security on the ground.  That means only a screened and ticketed passenger should ever be able to board an airplane.  Yesterday's incident, of an unticketed passenger successfully taking a flight from San Jose to Los Angeles, was an apparent failure by both airport security and the airline of protecting passengers from a potential threat to their safety.  Fortunately, this ticketless passenger was harmless.  However, we may not be as lucky next time and must do everything possible to protect the traveling public.”

A former Marine known to his comrades by the nickname “Psycho” was found guilty Tuesday in the 2008 robbery, torture and execution-style slayings of a fellow Marine and his wife in Southern California.

A Riverside County Superior Court jury found Fallbrook resident Kesaun Sykes, 27, guilty of two counts of first-degree murder in the violent killings of U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jan Pietrzak, 24, and his wife, Quiana Jenkins-Pietrzak, 26.

Sykes, an ex-lance corporal, is the fourth and final suspect to be found guilty in the case. The three others – also former Marines – were sentenced for the brutal murders in June 2013.

The jury also found Sykes guilty of special circumstances of murder during the commission of a robbery, burglary and rape by an instrument, the Riverside County District Attorney’s office confirmed. The jury deliberated less than two hours before reaching the guilty verdict.

Sykes faces the death penalty or life in prison without the possibility of parole for his crimes. The penalty phase of his trial begins Aug. 11 in which jurors will hear testimony to decide Sykes’ fate.

In October 2008, the Pietrzaks were found gagged, tied and shot in their home near Murrieta, Calif.

Sgt. Pietrzak, a helicopter airframe mechanic at MCAS Miramar near San Diego, was found bloodied and beaten to death. His wife's body was discovered naked. Investigators said she had been sexually assaulted before the couple was murdered.

Both victims were also found bound and shot in the head.

Investigators said racial slurs were found spray-painted throughout the Pietrzak’s home and fires had been set in an attempt to destroy evidence.

Prosecutors said robbery was the motive behind the murders. The four suspects went to the Pietrzak home with the intention to steal and forced their way inside.

Jewelry, including the couple’s wedding rings, as well as Pietrzak's dress uniform were found at the suspects' homes, authorities said.



The three other former Marines sentenced in the killings last summer were Lance Cpl. Emrys John, 24, Lance Cpl. Tyrone Miller, 26, and ex-private Kevin Cox, 26.

John, Miller and Cox all worked with Sgt. Pietrzak at one time as Marines while stationed at Camp Pendleton.

John and Miller were both sentenced to the death penalty, while Cox was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Sgt. Pietrzak, who was born in Poland and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., joined the Marines in 2003 and served in Iraq from July 2005 to February 2006. Relatives of the victims said Quiana was from San Bernardino and was a 2005 graduate of San Diego State University.

The couple met in San Diego through a mutual friend who also attended SDSU. Quiana was studying to become a doctor.
 

The Miami Marlins came away 6-2 winners over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday after a five run eighth inning.

Trailing by a run with five outs to go, the Marlins began their explosive rally. When all was said and done, Miami batted around with two batters coming to the plate twice in the inning. The inning featured two walks with the bases loaded.

After the Pirates walked in two runs to give Miami the lead, more runs were added by the offense. Adeiny Hechavarria singled home a run to give the Marlins some breathing room. Following that, Reed Johnson grounded out to bring home another run. Finally, Christian Yelich came up and hit a run-scoring ground-rule double to cap off the big inning.

Garrett Jones returned to Pittsburgh for the first time since joining the Marlins and went 2-2 along with walking once. Jones had played in Pittsburgh for the previous five seasons and was a fan favorite while there.

Brad Hand started for Miami and did well in his 6.1 innings. He left with his team trailing so he comes away with a no-decision. Hand allowed a pair of runs on six hits and has solidified his place in the starting rotation with a recent string of strong performances.

A.J. Ramos was credited with the win after picking up the last two outs of the seventh inning. In the eighth, Bryan Morris who pitched for Pittsburgh before the June trade to Miami provided his team with a perfect frame.

Miami will look to keep the momentum going on Wednesday when Tom Koehler makes the start against the Pirates.

The husband of a woman whose body was found in a Plantation parking lot after she was strangled to death has gone to Colombia, police said Tuesday.

The body of Lisette Rodriguez, 47, was found in the parking lot of the Broward County Government Center at 1 N. University Dr. early Sunday. The Broward Medical Examiner later determined she died of asphyxiation by strangulation, police said.

Rodriguez and her husband, Daniel Rodriguez Pineda, 28, had been at Conga's Nightclub and Restaurant at 2079 N. University Dr. in Sunrise, where friends said they had been arguing, police said.

Rodriguez was last seen with Pineda at Conga's around 2 a.m., police said. Pineda then left the country and went to Colombia, police said. His wife's body was found around 8:45 a.m. on Sunday.

Memorial Healthcare System confirmed Lisette worked as a medical assistant for the company for the last three years.

"The Memorial family extends its heartfelt sympathy to Lisette's family and friends during this difficult time. She was loved and respected by many patients and colleagues at Memorial Healthcare System, and she will be greatly missed," it said in a statement.

Police are asking anyone who may have been at the club the night of Aug. 2 and morning of Aug. 3 or who knew the couple to call them at 954-797-2100.

One of the drivers of the two double-decker buses that collided in Times Square Tuesday afternoon, injuring 14, has been arrested, police say.

Gray Line bus driver William Dalambert of Irvington, New Jersey, was charged with driving while ability impaired following the crash at Seventh Avenue and West 47th Street. 

Police charge drivers with driving while ability impaired if they get behind the wheel after using prescription or illicit drugs or they appear to be impaired by alcohol but have a blood-alcohol content lower than the minimum limit for the charge of driving while intoxicated. 

Law enforcement sources say Dalambert, 58, failed a field sobriety test at the crash scene. Test results on whether he took illegal or prescription drugs are pending. He was released from police custody Wednesday evening.

According to the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, Dalambert has numerous license suspensions on his record for administrative violations, including being an uninsured motorist and not submitting necessary paperwork for a commercial license.

Thirteen pedestrians and a tour guide were hurt when the two buses collided near the famous red staircase of the TKTS booth in the middle of one of the most heavily trafficked areas in the city. It's not clear what caused the collision.

Most of the pedestrians were injured by the falling light pole and flying debris from the pole and the bus, FDNY officials said in a news conference Tuesday afternoon.

A tour guide aboard one of the buses was injured when she was thrown forward and her head smacked the dashboard, officials said. She's expected to be OK.

Neither bus driver was hurt.

A witness said he was walking on the sidewalk near one of the buses when he heard what he first thought was some sort of explosion.

"It was only sound, and a lamppost fell down," said Sanjay Shah of Wayne, New Jersey. "Nobody can imagine a bus going on the sidewalk and hitting the lamppost."

Officials said emergency responders initially had difficulty getting to the scene because of heavy traffic in the area, and some firefighters rushed to the crash site on foot.

All of the injured victims were treated at the scene. Some were later taken to area hospitals in stable condition and were expected to be released this week.

"We are very, very fortunate there weren't many more injuries," said an FDNY official.

Gray Line New York, which is owned by Twin America in Hoboken, has 137 registered vehicles and 260 drivers, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. In the last two years, the company has been cited 17 times for vehicle maintenance violations, including tire problems and broken tail lights, head lights and horns. None of the violations were serious. The company received no violations for unsafe driving, hours of service compliance or drug and alcohol-related offenses.

There also were no reports of crashes involving Gray Line vehicles that caused deaths or injuries in the two years prior to Tuesday's accident.

In a statement, Twin America said it was cooperating with authorities. 

“Twin America is committed to the highest standards of safety and customer service and in addition to cooperating with local authorities, we are simultaneously conducting a thorough internal review of our safety rules and driver protocols,” the statement said.

United Bus LLC owns the CitySightsNY bus that was involved in the crash. According to the FMCSA, United Bus has been cited three times in the last two years for vehicle maintenance issues, the most severe of which involved a problem with tires. There were no serious violations or violations in any other category during that time period. United Bus was involved in one fatal crash in the last two years.

Storms will stay in the South Florida forecast Wednesday but won't be as widespread.

The morning will see some sunshine before the chance for a few storms pops up in the early afternoon. Highs will be in the low 90s.

Isolated storms will return to the forecast Thursday and will become more scattered by Friday.

A South Florida dad was behind bars Wednesday after authorities say he brought his two young sons with him as he burglarized homes.

A.J. Bryant, 45, was arrested in Deerfield BEach on charges of burglary, grand theft and contributing to the delinquency of a child, Broward County jail records showed. He was being held without bond and it was unknown whether he has an attorney.

The Broward Sheriff's Office said Bryant brought his 3-year-old and 12-year-old sons with him as he broke into houses to steal appliances Monday, the Sun Sentinel reported. He also had two teenage accomplices, ages 15 and 16.

A witness spotted the group removing appliancves from a vacant house in Deerfield Beach and load them into a truck, the BSO said. They also burghlarized a neighboring house, the BSo said.

After an alert was issued, deputies found the truck and arrested Bryant and the teens. The two children, who were also in the truck, were present during the burglaries but weren't involved, authorities said.

The young boys were returned to their mother. The teens were also charged with burglary and grand theft.

A retired U.S. Army colonel living in San Diego County is remembering U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Harold Greene, who was killed in an ambush in Afghanistan Tuesday, as someone who deeply cared for fellow soldiers.

“He's always willing to help soldiers and that's what I always liked about Harry," recalled retired U.S. Army Colonel Gregory Fields, of Coronado. "He always wanted the best equipment and systems for them to go into battle with."

Greene, a two-star general, was one of the high-level officials visiting Afghanistan's National Military Academy in Kabul when a lone gunman dressed in Afghan army uniform opened fire with an automatic weapon. The attack killed Greene and injured more than a dozen Western soldiers, including several Americans, officials said.

Greene, 55, is the highest-ranking U.S. Army general to be killed in an overseas combat zone since the Vietnam War and his death marks the highest-ranking casualty in the Afghanistan conflict.

Two Afghan generals were also killed in the shooting. The gunman was killed after shooting his automatic weapon from a window, an Afghan intelligence source told NBC News.

Greene's 34-year career in the Army began at Fort Polk, Louisiana. A native of upstate New York, he earned a reputation as an inspiring leader with a sense of humility. He had been in Afghanistan since January, serving as deputy commander of a support command called the Combined Security Transition Command, in Kabul.

Fields told NBC 7 San Diego that Greene had a significant impact on his career. The two met in 1996 whens Field was assigned to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Greene was his sponsor and "showed him the ropes."

Fields explained that they were "the guys who wrote the doctrine that determines the type of systems the military would need in future. We managed all the research, development and acquisition of specialized equipment for the military. That's what he did. He was an expert in contracting too.”

Fields said the general had a great sense of humor but was also very professional. Fields believes Greene was in Afghanistan because of his extensive experience with military equipment.

“He was responsible for some of the most sophisticated communications systems that the military has today…first hand,” Fields recalled.

In a 2010 speech at the opening of the Social Cognitive Networks Academic Research Center, a research facility with the mission of improving the Army's understanding of communication networks, Greene said finding patterns in the tactics of insurgents was difficult, so the goal was to discover the patterns and determine how to anticipate and influence the actions of insurgents, according to the Army's account of the event.

"The enemy is every bit as good as we are at using that network to our detriment so this is essential work, this is about defending our country,'' Greene said. "You must know that there is a direct application on the battlefield and we're using it today, but we don't really understand it yet so this is a critical element.''

Greene leaves behind a wife and children in the East Coast. His son, Matthew, also is in the Army and their daughter, Amelia, recently graduated from Binghamton University in New York.

The family said in a statement Tuesday that America has "lost a true hero."

"He believed in what he was doing over there," they said.

Testimony continued Wednesday in the trial of the Miami man accused of killing University of Florida student Christian Aguilar. Pedro Bravo faces several charges in the 2012 death of Aguilar, his one-time friend.

On the stand for a second day was Erika Friman, Bravo’s high school sweetheart and Aguilar’s college girlfriend. According to Friman, Bravo found out she was with Aguilar when both went to report Christian missing.

“I told him that my boyfriend had gone to meet with my ex-boyfriend and Pedro expressed some slight surprise,” Friman testified.

The girl testified for several hours in detail about her break-up with Bravo and what she recalled about how he took the break-up. She said that the heartbreak led Bravo to talk about suicide. She read several text message exchanges to the jury.

“Please, please for the love of God please don’t do anything crazy,” Friman read from a text message she sent to Bravo. “Please, Pedro, I can’t. I need you to not do anything crazy. He says, ‘Let me be, I still care about you.’”

Friman said Bravo was set to go to college in Miami, but changed his mind and by the summer of 2012, he had moved to Gainesville where Erika and Christian were both in school at the University of Florida. The state said the move was made in hopes of reconciling with Erika.

Friman said she didn’t tell Bravo she was dating Aguilar. Both Christian and Pedro had attended Doral Charter before going to college.

“I lied to him because he was in a very sensitive time in his life, I suppose, and I didn’t want to throw him over the edge,” Friman told the jury.

Friman eventually broke down after several hours on the stand. She had described the relationship with Bravo and spent time identifying items belonging to both men. The court called a recess to allow Friman to compose herself.

Her testimony comes on the second day of the trial. Christian Aguilar’s father, Carlos Aguilar, was the first witness called by the prosecution. Aguilar said he called Pedro Bravo three or four times after he learned that Bravo was the last person seen with Christian before finally connecting with him.

“He told me that he got into an argument with Christian and that Christian told him he was going to get out of the car and he let Christian go,” Carlos testified. “And that sounds like the right thing, and in that moment; I believed him.”

Prosecutors say Bravo orchestrated a plan to kill Aguilar because of an obsession with Friman.

Bravo researched ways to kill and get away with it before drugging and strangling Aguilar in a WalMart parking lot, prosecutors said. Defense attorneys said the two had argued, but denied that Bravo killed Aguilar.

Aguilar was reported missing in September 2012, setting off a massive search. The 18-year-old's body was later discovered by hunters in a rural area of Levy County. According to authorities, Aguilar was last seen alive with Bravo, his friend and former classmate at Doral Preparatory High School, at a Gainesville Best Buy.

Police said they found blood in Bravo's SUV and found Aguilar's backpack hidden inside a suitcase in Bravo's closet. Bravo also bought a shovel and roll of duct tape days before the disappearance of Aguilar, a UF freshman, according to authorities.

Bravo faces seven charges, including homicide, kidnapping, poisoning, making a false report, obstructing a criminal investigation, destroying evidence and mishandling human remains.

The wife of the man who shot cellphone video of police putting Eric Garner in an apparent chokehold during an arrest last month has been accused of attacking a woman on Staten Island, police say.

Chrissie Ortiz was issued a desk appearance ticket for a third-degree assault charge after she allegedly attacked the woman in front of a store on Bay Street, police say. The victim, 35, was taken to the hospital with bruises and cuts.

Ortiz’s husband, 22-year-old Ramsey Orta, shot widely circulated video of Garner's arrest, which showed officers putting the 43-year-old man in an apparent chokehold.

Garner was being arrested for allegedly selling untaxed single cigarettes and died in police custody. His death was ruled a homicide.

Orta was arrested over the weekend on gun charges, and Ortiz alleged that his arrest was a setup.

"It's not fair," she said Sunday. "And it's obvious. Once they ruled this a homicide, now you all of a sudden find something on him? C'mon. Let's be realistic. Even the dumbest criminal would know not to be doing something like that outside. So the whole story doesn't fit at all."

Attorney information for Ortiz wasn't available.
 

Two FBI agents visited a family grocery in Berkeley on Monday to investigate a broken window they believe animal rights activists smashed because the market has a butcher shop.

Berkleyside first reported the connection between the smashed window the federal investigation on Tuesday.

The Pappas family has run Star Grocery on Claremont Avenue since 1922. Its front window was smashed around 2 a.m. on July 27, according to owner Nick Pappas. He wasn’t aware of the animal rights connection until the FBI contacted him a few days later, he said.

"We've had burglaries, we've had hold-ups," Pappas said, not thinking much of the vandalism at first. He was "shocked" when the FBI called shortly afterward. "I guess someone didn't like the fact that we sold meat."

Berkeleyside reported that the FBI apparently had been monitoring the website of Bite Back, an animal liberation organization based in Florida. The site posted pictures of the broken windows of Star Market in its “Direct Action” section. The magazine received news about the windows from someone who calls himself “veganarchist lone wolf.”

“On the night of June 26th two windows were smashed at Star Meats in Berkeley CA, a butcher shop that boasts about its organic and locally sourced meat,” the site said. “Cage free, organic, murder is murder and death is death. This is a continuation of last years actions in which windows were smashed out of Waylands Meat Market in Oakland and windows smashed in an East Oakland Burger King.”

Included in the post was a photo of Star Grocery's smashed windows.

Neighbors thought the vandalism was a shame.

"This is a neighborhood treasure," said loyal customer Sandy Friedland. "There is no reason to throw rocks at windows. There are other ways to protest."

Authorities are warning drivers parking in one New Jersey town to watch out for razor blades when they put money in meters.

Rutherford police say eight utility knife blades have been found in borough parking meter coin slots over the last six months, most recently on Monday. 

The blades were found in meters along Park Avenue, Ridge Road, the Kip Garage and The Park and Ride, Rutherford Police Chief John Russo said.

"It may be a disgruntled resident who doesn't want to pay the parking, but it could be someone definitely trying to injure someone," Russo told NorthJersey.com. "Either way someone could really get hurt."

Russo says investigators are processing fingerprints pulled from the meters where the razors were found.

Police posted an alert on the borough's website urging residents and visitors to be "mindful and vigilant when depositing monies into parking meters."

Anyone who discovers a razor blade in a meter or sees someone putting one in a meter is asked to contact the Rutherford Police Department at 201-939-6000.

Wearied but hopeful, the mother of a Weston Marine jailed in Mexico returned to South Florida Wednesday morning after traveling to attend court hearings.

Jill Tahmooressi said she hoped she'd be coming home with her son, Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi, who has been in Mexican custody facing weapons charges since he was arrested at the San Ysidro Port of Entry on April 1 with three U.S.-registered guns in his possession.

"One day is one day too long, he needs to be back in the states," she said.

The courtroom was too crowded for her to sit in on Monday's hearing but when it ended, the judge let her spend 20 minutes with her son, she said.

"He was sad, you know, that he had to go back to El Hongo, the penitentiary," Jill Tahmooressi said.

Jill Tahmooressi says her son made a wrong turn in the dark while driving in southern California and crossed the border at San Ysidro.

The Marine served two tours of duty in Afghanistan and was in the San Diego area to receive treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. His mother said he needs to continue the treatment as soon as possible.

"I'll be just horrified if I need to start planning to purchase a winter coat and mailing it to...it gets very cold in that prison, I understand it can get down to like 40 degrees," Jill Tahmooressi said. "We're patient, we have to be, I mean, we have no other choice."

A man accused of participating in a sexual battery that happened in Hollywood in 2006 was arrested after he was linked to a DNA kit that went untested by police for nearly eight years, authorities said.

Anthony Samuel, 27, is facing one count of sexual battery following his arrest Tuesday, jail records showed. Samuel appeared before Broward Circuit Judge John Hurley Wednesday morning, where his bond was set at $7,500.

"This is one of those cases where the court has come to the understanding that some DNA kits had been either misplaced or put aside and have now come to the surface," Hurley said. "It appears that something within the police department was dysfunctional."

Defense attorneys said Samuel was 19 at the time of the alleged incident and has since married and has a 1-year-old child. His wife of two years left the courthouse almost speechless.

“Lots of emotions going on,” Kristina Samuel said. “I heard about this story and I know its other peoples fault. So, for him to get charged with it…”

Detectives told the court that Samuel has been cooperative and they don’t believe he is a danger to his alleged victim if he was released. Samuel has a criminal record dating back to 2008 for attempted burglary and grand theft. He’s being held on a $7,500 bail and ordered not to have contact with the victim.

In June, Hollywood Police said 94 sexual assault evidence kits had been locked up in an evidence room and were never submitted to the crime lab. After an audit, 24 cases were reviewed and two arrests were made, police said.

Police Chief Frank Fernandez said he has created a special unit to handle all sexual assault cases and all rape test kits are now analyzed.

Authorities are searching for drug suspect who fled when DEA officers tried to take him into custody in Hialeah Wednesday.

DEA officers were serving a warrant for 42-year-old Manuel Rocamonde when he took off running, officials said.

A perimeter was established in the area of the 900 block of W. 77th Street, but Rocamonde was still on the loose.

Check back with NBC 6 South Florida and NBC6.com for updates.

An off-site power surge stalled the Dallas Zoo Monorail Safari on Wednesday afternoon, stranding dozens of passengers in mid-air for the third time in as many years.

The passengers were trapped about 12 feet off the ground in the open-air cars for about an hour while zoo officials tried to restart the train and await rescue help from Dallas Fire-Rescue.

Zoo officials handed up water and snacks to the stranded passengers. Once DFR arrived, the 48 passengers and the driver were escorted down the ladder to the ground below.

A power surge caused the slow-moving monorail to unexpectedly stop Wednesday afternoon, Zoo officials confirmed to NBC 5. The cause of the surge is unclear, but zoo officials told NBC 5 that several barns also lost power.

The monorail is expected to be closed through Friday while zoo officials examine the conditions of the track and trains.

The monorail is 24 years old and carries hundreds of thousands of riders each year, according to zoo officials. Long term, the zoo is looking to replace the monorail, but it will need to be privately funded.

This is the third such incident that has stranded passengers on the monorail in as many years.

On Feb. 13, 2013, 93 people were stranded due to a monorail malfunction at the Dallas Zoo. 

And in September 2011, 30 people, babies among them, were rescued from a monorail that carries passengers through a 20-minute tour of the Wilds of Africa exhibit.

No injuries were reported.

An off-duty MTA police officer accidentally discharged his weapon at his Long Island home Tuesday, shooting his 3-year-old son in the chest, authorities said.

The child underwent surgery to remove the bullet and was listed in stable condition Wednesday afternoon.

The transit officer was also hit by a bullet when the gun discharged at his Smithtown home; he was listed in stable condition at the hospital.

It wasn't clear if multiple shots were fired, or if the bullet ricocheted. 

Seattle-based Amazon.com has expanded its same-day delivery service to six more cities, now reaching a wider scope of customers than competing programs from tech giants based in California's Bay Area

Amazon's "Get It Today" option, which guarantees same-day deliveries to customers who place orders no later than noon on any day of the week, is now able to reach shoppers in select zip codes in Baltimore, Dallas, Indianapolis, New York City, Philadelphia, and the D.C. metro area, the company announced Wednesday. Same-day delivery was previously limited to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Phoenix, and Seattle. 

Over a million items are available for same-day delivery, and the catalog of options is diverse, ranging from everyday household supplies, health and beauty items, baby items, toys, movies and games, to electronics, office supplies, sporting goods, apparel and home accessories, according to the announcement.

Amazon Prime members pay $5.99 for all the same-day delivery items they can order and non-Prime customers pay $9.89 for the first item and $0.99 for each additional item.

"We aim to offer the largest same-day selection at the lowest price," Greg Greeley, Vice President of Amazon Prime, said in the company announcement.

Other big-name brands with roots in the Bay Area  have also begun offering same-day delivery to customers in various cities, such as the "Ebay Now" program and "Google Shopping Express," but so far Amazon's program reaches the most cities. 

Amazon also recently rolled out "Amazon Fresh," delivering groceries to Amazon Prime members located in parts of Northern and Southern California as well as Seattle, offering same-day delivery on orders over $35. Amazon plans to reach New York City later this year.

Target and Wal-Mart have been testing their own grocery delivery options, too, in select cities, according to TechCrunch.

A North Texas mother has not only set a new world record for the amount of donated breast milk, she has tripled the previous record.

Alyse Ogletree, a mother of two from Denton, donated 53,081 ounces of breast milk to the Mother’s Milk Bank of North Texas — a total of more than 414 gallons.

Ogletree found out Monday that she had been admitted into the Guinness Book of World Records after having applied back in March.

The previous record-holder was Amelia Boomker of Illinois, who donated 16,321 ounces of breast milk.

Ogletree told NBC 5 in March that she was overproducing breast milk when her son Kyle was born in January 2011, filling the hospital’s reserves of breast milk. A nurse asked if she’d ever considered donating her milk, an option Ogletree previously had not known existed.

Soon after, Ogletree found the Mother’s Milk Bank of North Texas and donated 1,880 ounces in total.
After the birth of her second child, Kage, she resumed donating to the milk bank, producing on average 130 ounces per day, Ogletree said.

“It's wonderful to be a part of something as special as helping out little babies,” she said in March.

Miami Police say a three-year-old who was thrown from a car Tuesday evening was not restrained when the accident happened.

Police said Kierra Lee, 19, was driving a black Chevy Tahoe with her brother Kayden Hart, 3, along with her. According to the accident report, the Tahoe failed to yield the right of way at a stop sign which caused a crash with a silver Cadillac. Kayden was thrown from the car when the two cars hit.

“The back part went in the air, and I ran out out,” said witness Cheryl Plez. “The boy was in the girl’s hands. She was screaming, saying, 'Please help her, please help her. Tell her what to do.' The little boy was bad. He had a lot of blood in his throat — eyes rolling, skull was busted.”

Witness Adryan Peterson echoed Plez’s observations. “She was just like, 'She’s terrified. Call the police. Call the police. She don’t know what to do. Call her mom,'" he recalled.

Emergency workers rushed the child to Jackson Memorial Hospital, but the toddler died from the injuries he suffered. Police said the driver of the Seville, Jeffrey Brinson, 43, was taken to JMH as well and at last report was in critical condition.

Kayden Hart's father works at Jackson Memorial, which is how he found out about the deadly accident.

Police said if the child had been properly restrained in a car seat, he would not have been thrown from the car and most likely would have survived the crash with his sister.

Lee stayed on the scene and has been cooperating with police. Miami Police said charges are pending in the crash.