NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — A woman who snuck aboard a Metro-North train last month has been charged with attacking a train conductor with a pumpkin after being asked for a ticket.
Alexis Adams, a 21-year-old Bronx resident, allegedly became enraged around 6 p.m. Oct. 11 after she failed to produce a ticket on the train and was told by a conductor that she would need to get off at the next stop, according to Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah.
Adams is accused of then hitting the conductor in the face with a pumpkin and punching her in the face and head multiple times.
The victim was apparently so badly injured that she required transportation to a nearby hospital, where she received "numerous stitches."
"Violent attacks on essential workers doing their jobs will not be tolerated," Rocah said. "Metro-North Railroad conductors, like all public facing employees, have a right to feel safe in their workplace."
Adams was charged on Oct. 22 with two counts of assault in the second degree, and a warrant was issued for her arrest. MTA Police officers arrested her, and she was arraigned in Mount Vernon City Court on Oct. 28.
Catherine Rinaldi, president of MTA Metro-North Railroad, vowed that "assaults like this will not be tolerated and will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law."
"Throughout the pandemic, we have called upon our conductors to do more than ever before. They need to know that we are absolutely committed to making their work environment as safe as possible," she added.
Adams is scheduled to appear again in Mount Vernon City Court on Nov. 10.
