Union Posts Reward Money to Find Train Joyriders

JANUARY 30 – TWU Local 100 Interim President John V. Chiarello announced today that TWU Local 100 would match the reward offered by NYPD Crime Stoppers for information leading to the apprehension of the six unidentified men who took a R Train on a joyride last weekend. The Union will pay up to $3,500 for the information, matching the Crime Stoppers reward.

Images of the six men on platforms and entering the transit system were released today by Crime Stoppers. They NYPD announcement noted that the six individuals “caused damage to glass panels on the train,” but this was the least of it, Mr. Chiarello said.

“A bunch of reckless teens took a $20 million piece of equipment out of a secure transit layup area, endangering themselves, transit property, and transit workers who may well have been working on the tracks,” he said. “I’m outraged that this theft occurred and determined to stop copycats.”

“Train crews and riders are vulnerable to exploits like this and we have to send the message that anyone occupying and operating a train who is not a transit employee will be tracked down and punished to the full extent of the law,” Chiarello said.

The Union is also putting up the images and the reward on all of our social media channels, Chiarello said, as he called on members of the Union to be vigilant and to call in any tips or sightings to 800-577-TIPS.