Cops are looking for this woman who allegedly attacked two MTA bus drivers in College Point last month and another man for punching a transit worker on a bus in Jamaica.
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The NYPD is looking for a pair of individuals who assaulted MTA workers in two Queens police precincts last month.
Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are searching for a woman who attacked two bus operators in two separate incidents nearly two hours apart in College Point during the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 14.
The first victim that day was driving an MTA Q25 bus in the vicinity of 127th Street and 20th Avenue at around 4 p.m. when the suspect approached him and allegedly sprayed pepper spray in his face before she ran off the bus, police said. The 53-year-old victim was transported by EMS to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition with minor injuries.
The suspect struck again at around 5:40 p.m. on board an MTA Q65 bus in the vicinity of 110th Street and 14th Avenue. The woman approached the 50-year-old bus driver and struck him in the face with her cell phone before running off the bus. The victim refused medical attention at the scene.
The NYPD released surveillance images of the suspect as she rode one of the buses and described her as having a dark complexion with black hair. She was wearing an orange and blue long sleeved shirt with a gray handbag over her shoulder.
A reward of up to $3,500 is being offered for information that leads to her arrest. Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.
Meanwhile, police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica are looking for a man who was riding an MTA Q85 bus at the corner of Merrick Boulevard and 109th Avenue when he approached a 38-year-old on-duty MTA employee and slugged him in the face with a closed fist in an unprovoked attack, police said. The victim suffered pain and swelling to his face and refused medical attention…
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