MTA bus driver threatened with knife in Queens; man arrested: NYPD
QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) – An MTA bus driver was threatened with a knife in Queens on Wednesday, according to the NYPD.
The incident happened on board a bus near Jamaica Avenue and 150th Street around 3:06 p.m. A 31-year-old man allegedly banged on the partition, made threats and pulled out a knife on the driver, according to authorities.
The man was arrested and charged with harassment, menacing and criminal possession of a weapon, police said.
It comes after a string of violence against on-duty MTA employees. A conductor, identified as 59-year-old Alton Scott, was slashed in the neck while performing his duties on a C train in Brooklyn on Feb. 29.
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Scott had to receive 34 stitches for the wound. The suspect still hasn’t been caught, according to authorities.
A man also punched an MTA employee in the face on Feb. 14. He kept assaulting her, video shows, and a bystander stepped in to try and help.
Adellahi Mohammed, 25, was arrested and charged with assault.
“He was in a rage. He followed me down the platform and punched me. The issue of safety has to be a priority,” Noreen Mallory, the station worker who was attacked, told PIX11 News.
Erin Pflaumer is a digital content producer from Long Island who has covered both local and national news since 2018. She joined PIX11 in 2023. See more of her work here.
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