She Allegedly Sprayed an N.Y.C. Bus Driver in the Face and Vanished — Now Police Are Asking for Help to ID Her

New York City constabulary are searching for a female accused of assaulting a Metropolitan Transit Authority autobus driver.

According to nan New York City Police Department, nan fishy sprayed an “unknown substance” into nan look of a 33-year-old autobus driver onboard a BX-10 MTA bus, successful nan vicinity of Bainbridge Avenue and Van Cortlandt Avenue East successful nan Bronx astir 8:40 a.m. connected Monday, May 19.

“The individual past fled nan location to parts unknown,” according to a constabulary property release. “The unfortunate was transported to Montefiore Medical Center successful unchangeable condition.”

 The onslaught is conscionable 1 of a bid of assaults connected MTA labor successful May.

Another battle occurred conscionable earlier 9 a.m. connected May 13, erstwhile a man boarded an MTA autobus successful nan vicinity of Lorraine Street and Hicks Street successful Brooklyn and sewage into a verbal conflict pinch nan 71-year-old driver. 

“The unidentified individual engaged successful a verbal conflict pinch nan victim, displayed a wrench and struck nan unfortunate connected nan forehead,” states a NYPD property release.

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The suspect, described arsenic a Black antheral astir 5 feet 6 inches gangly and successful his early 40s, wearing a achromatic sweatshirt and tan pants, fled nan area connected a scooter.

The unfortunate sustained insignificant injuries and was taken to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital successful unchangeable condition.

Just complete a week later, connected May 22, a 55-year-old antheral MTA conductor was punched successful nan look erstwhile he poked his caput retired of nan conductor's model while nan No. 5 train was stopped astatine nan 42 Street-Grand Central Station. On May 27, nan New York City Police Department arrested Leonard Johnson, 43, connected charges of second-degree assault.

More recently, connected May 29 conscionable earlier 12:15 a.m., a 68-year-old MTA cleaner was moving connected nan level astatine Brooklyn’s Bergen Street station, erstwhile a man approached him and swung a metallic tube astatine him. The fishy missed and past punched nan worker successful nan thorax earlier moving off. The unfortunate was transported by EMS to an area infirmary successful unchangeable condition.

“Crime is down wide this twelvemonth connected subways and buses, but immoderate battle connected our labor is intolerable, which is why we’re grateful nan NY State legislature conscionable changed nan rule to guarantee perpetrators of attacks connected transit workers look maximum justice,” MTA spokesperson Lucas Bejarano said.

Anyone pinch accusation regarding this incident is asked to telephone nan NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline astatine 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) aliases for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The nationalist tin besides taxable their tips by logging onto nan Crime Stoppers website astatine https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, connected X @NYPDTips.