Crime & Safety
Punchy Straphanger Slugs J Train Conductor, Cops Say
Police are looking for the man who punched a train conductor in the mouth inside a Brooklyn station last month.
EAST NEW YORK, BROOKLYN -- A punchy straphanger slugged a J train conductor as he popped his head out a car window Thursday night, police said.
The 44-year-old MTA worker was just pulling out of the Cleveland Street subway station at about 10:30 p.m. when a man on the platform punched him in the face, said police.
The fist-swinging subway fiend then dashed out of the station and ran away down Cleveland Street, according to police.
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The MTA conductor was treated for a cut lip by emergency responders in the station, police said.
Police released photos of the suspect, whom they describe as a man wearing all black and sporting a knit cap and backpack, Wednesday morning.
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Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police.
Photo courtesy of the NYPD
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