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Subway Conductor Rings In New Year By Allegedly Assaulting Teen
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Ben Yakas
Published Jan 1, 2012
Modified Jan 1, 2012
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Happy New Year! Now get your damn feet off the seat, kid: a subway conductor has been arrested and charged for allegedly assaulting a bratty teen who wouldn't remove his feet from the seat early this morning. The conductor should just be glad Ellen Barkin wasn't there.
According to the Post, conductor Thomas Christopher, 35, allegedly got into a verbal argument with the 18-year-old boy aboard the southbound R train as it traveled near the 36th Street station in Astoria around 3:50 a.m. today (DNAInfo claims the incident occurred around 11 p.m. last night). The conductor lost his cool and allegedly punched the teen. Christopher, an MTA employee since March 2007, was arrested on misdemeanor assault charges.
Over the past few years, police have become increasingly aggressive about cracking down on seat hogs who put their bag or their feet on another seat.
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Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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