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Queens DA: Man Posed As Transit Worker, Stole Bus

NY1 08/31/2010 19:22
Queens DA: Man Posed As Transit Worker, Stole Bus - USA - New York - NYC - crime


A man with a reputation of impersonating a transit worker is in trouble with the law once again.



Queens District Attorney Richard Brown says Darius McCollum, 45, was arrested Tuesday morning in Kew Gardens for allegedly stealing a New York Trailways bus from a maintenance yard in Hoboken, New Jersey.

This isn't the first time McCollum pulled a transit stunt.

He first made headlines when he took over a subway train at the age of 15.

The DA says McCollum has been arrested more than 20 times for commandeering trains and buses, posing as a transit worker and other offenses.

(...) McCollum is charged with grand larceny, possession of stolen property, and unauthorized use of a vehicle.

If convicted, he faces up to 15 years in prison.


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