NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – Police are searching for six suspects in three separate attacks on MTA train conductors at subway stations in Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx over the span of a little more than a week this month. Two of the conductors were knocked to the ground and a third was bashed in the head with a glass bottle.
Police said the latest attack was on Tuesday afternoon, when a 40-year-old conductor was attacked by four males at the Queens Plaza station in Long Island City.
The victim had opened the conductor’s window and was making an announcement on an N train at the station around 4:15 p.m. when he was approached by the four young suspects.
One of the males pushed the conductor, knocking him down, as another leaned into the open window and stole his train keys, according to police.
The four suspects then fled through an emergency door and out of the station, police said.
The conductor suffered an injury to his left arm. EMS transported him to Mount Sinai Queens, where he was treated and released.
Two days earlier, on Sunday morning, a conductor was attacked at the Broad Street station in the Financial District.
Police said a 43-year-old conductor was on a J train at the station around 1:45 a.m. when a man came up and smashed a glass bottle against his forehead through the open conductor’s window.
A police source told the New York Post that the attacker “took umbrage to being told to get off the train.”
The suspect fled the station, while the victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition with multiple lacerations to his face.
The third attack was at the Norwood–205th Street station in the Norwood section of the Bronx on the morning of Sunday, May 8.
Police said a 43-year-old conductor was on a D platform at the station when a man came up and shoved him to the ground.
The victim was taken to Montefiore Medical Center in stable condition. Police said he suffered substantial pain to his back.
The suspect fled on foot out of the station, according to police.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
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