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Posted by Nilet on Fri Aug 11 21:03:25 2017, in response to Re: On-Duty Metro-North Conductor Arrested, posted by AlM on Fri Aug 11 16:28:05 2017. Conductor in Park Ave tunnel: Sorry, your ticket to 125th is no good. First stop for discharge on this train is Mt Vernon East.Passenger: I disagree. Take my ticket. Conductor: Pay an extra $3 or you'll be arrested. Passenger: No. Conductor radios MTA Police, and they happen to be at 125th so they meet the train. Passenger gets off the train. MTA Police Officer: you are under arrest for refusing to pay the required fare on this train, which is GCT to Mt Vernon East. OK, counselor, how do you argue this case? What charge (if any) is being filed? If the charge is farebeating or theft of service, then presenting your ticket to 125th would suffice. Under the circumstances, though, it's highly unlikely that the passenger would even be charged at all, in which case there's nothing to argue; you can skip straight to the false arrest suit. Unless, of course, the cop arrested the conductor instead. I hear there might be some precedent for that. |
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