NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A 17-year-old boy has been arrested for assaulting two Long Island Rail Road conductors Wednesday after they asked him to pay his fare.
MTA officials said the teen was riding a Brooklyn-bound train to Atlantic Terminal just after 10:30 a.m. when the conductors asked him to pay his fare.
After the boy refused, he allegedly grabbed the conductor's ticket-issuing machine and attacked the two men. He then fled the train at the East New York station.
Both conductors were injured and taken to a Brooklyn hospital for treatment, officials said. One suffered arm and shoulder injuries, while the other suffered facial injuries and swelling around his eye.
The teen, who has not been identified, faces two counts of felony second-degree assault and one count of second-degree robbery. It wasn't clear Thursday if he'd be treated as an adult or a juvenile.
"Assaulting conductors who are doing their jobs helping riders get to jobs, health care and other places they need to go is intolerable, outrageous and will result in aggressive investigation," MTAPD Chief John Mueller said in a statement.
"Having made a rapid arrest, it is now up to prosecutors to ensure the law is enforced, so this violent perpetrator faces consequences, and the victims receive justice they deserve," Mueller added.
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