Arrest made in Newark airport security breach

The man believed to have caused a security breach that resulted in major delays last weekend at Newark Liberty Airport was arrested Friday night at his home, authorities said, as the guard who failed to see the man bypass security was defended as a “model employee.”

Haisong Jiang, 28, of Piscataway was taken into custody at 7:30 p.m. Friday at his home, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said. He was being held late Friday night at the airport by Port Authority police, who arrested him. The Port Authority said in a statement that Jiang is being charged with defiant trespass, and that the charge was determined in coordination with Essex County prosecutors and federal officials.