East Brunswick NJ Transit Worker Sold Bogus Tickets, Prosecutor Says

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ — An East Brunswick man who works for NJ Transit as a ticket agent has been charged with creating fake NJ Transit tickets and selling them for cash. John A. Davey, 49, of East Brunswick, was arrested Monday. Police also seized a thermal printer from his East Brunswick home, which is where they think he printed the tickets from.

NJ Transit police and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office led the investigation. Davey worked as a ticket agent for 29 years. He would place “NO CASH” signs on NJ Transit's ticket vending machines at the New Brunswick station, which caused cash-paying customers to come to the ticket counter to purchase tickets. That's where he would sell them fake pre-printed tickets and keep the cash, police said.

At the time of his arrest, Davey was in possession of $1,285.95 in cash and 101 forged tickets. The tickets were printed on authentic NJ Transit ticket stock paper, which police say he illegally removed from the New Brunswick train station. More ticket stock paper and a thermal printer was found at Davey’s East Brunswick home.

New Jersey Transit Detectives Michael Bavosa and James Garrison III were commended for their outstanding work on this case, said the Essex County prosecutor. The Essex County prosecutor prosecutes all cases on behalf of NJ Transit as the transit agency is headquartered in Essex County.

Davey’s first court appearance is scheduled for June 13 at the Veteran’s Court House in Newark.