Union Urges Members, Public, to be on the Lookout for Man Wanted in Assaults on Female Transit Workers

The Transport Workers Union is urging its more than 40,000 members – and the millions of daily bus and subway riders - to help identify a man wanted for assaulting two female transit workers on Friday by throwing urine at them.

 

The NYPD has obtained a surveillance photo of the man who splashed urine on a No. 6 train Conductor at the Brook Ave. station at E. 138thSt., and also doused a Bus Operator with urine in front of 250 Grand Concourse at E. 138thSt. “Take a close look at this photograph and call the police immediately if you know him,” TWU Local 100 President Tony Utano said. “He is a dangerous menace and needs to be arrested right away. These were disgusting, horrific attacks that can not go unpunished.”

 

To transit workers, Utano said: “As you drive bus and train routes, keep your eyes out for this suspect and alert the authorities if you spot him. But also be careful. Bus Operators should keep their windows closed.  Train Conductors should make sure they are wearing their goggles - and close their windows if someone approaches on a platform.”

 

TWU Local 100 will have officers distributing a Wanted Poster in the area where these attacks took place. “We will flood the area with Wanted Posters with the photograph of this criminal, and we look forward to seeing him in handcuffs.”