MNRR Conductor Assaulted

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The nerve! I guess I'll just never understand some people...


(MNRR conductor was assaulted by a passenger who could'nt pay the fare.)

That person is not going to like his future and record associated with it.
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Sadly the DA will probably plea bargain it down to disorderly conduct, and the defendant will pay a small fine. Too much experience with the courts on the matter.

I was assaulted when I was still in uniform a few years back. Both the company and the state attorney general showed little interest in the event. The only thing that helps this employees cause is that I received media attention. Mine occurred on St. Patrick's Day... just another drop in the bucket.

Kurt wrote:Sadly the DA will probably plea bargain it down to disorderly conduct, and the defendant will pay a small fine. Too much experience with the courts on the matter.

Exactly what happened in the end for me. Disorderly conduct and a $500 fine. So much for the ridiculous signs they plaster up all over the inside of the trains and buses.

This is a truly unfortunate situation. You have to hope that karma bites the person in the butt later on, perhaps making it hard for them to get a job with an arrest record. I know of a case where a guy actually lost his job due to an assault/battery conviction.

Tadman wrote:This is a truly unfortunate situation.

Unfortunate but common. Most of the assaults never make the media.

Lifetime ban?

BandA wrote:Lifetime ban?

Dunno how likely or unlikely that would be, but I could see reactions being all over the place - both positive and negative - to such an outcome. Question I have is how likely that would be with an entity run by the states of NY and Connecticut.

Not likely, you can't deny a tax payer something other tax payers get, other than by incarcerating person.
if it were licenced activity like driving or hunting yes but public transportation would be unenforceable.

BandA wrote:Lifetime ban?

It would be impossible and a waste of time and effort to enforce a personal ban from the property for one person.

Case in point: Darius McCollum, on a NYCT "blacklist".

great except MTA has been unable to locate Darius since he missed his parole meetings .

R36 Combine Coach wrote:Case in point: Darius McCollum, on a NYCT "blacklist".

He's on Metro North's blacklist too.