Crime & Safety

MTA Bus Driver Flashes Young Girls In Brooklyn, Cops Say

MTA bus driver Matthew Wohlfahrt has been charged with exposing himself to an 11-year-old girl, police said.

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK -- An MTA bus driver flashed two young girls in Brooklyn, police said.

Matthew Wohlfahrt, 28, was arrested Sunday afternoon for exposing himself to an 11-year-old and a 14-year-old girl in Bay Ridge earlier this month, said police.

The bus driver first asked for directions from his first victim, a 14-year-old, near Ridge Boulevard and 92nd Street on Oct. at about 4:30 p.m., said police.

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As the girl and her friend tried to help him, he exposed himself, police said.

Three days later, Wohlfahrt asked an 11-year-old on Colonial Roador for directions to a McDonald's at about 4:30 p.m., police said.

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Wohlfahrt asked the girl to get in his car to better help him, and as the girl came closer, she saw he was exposing himself to her, according to police.

The bus driver was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, public lewdness and grand larceny and his arraignment is pending in Brooklyn Criminal Court, according to police and court records.


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