Avid Subway Enthusiast Arrested Again

What interesting spelling! I assume you mean the police recognized him "on sight", although it's true they also saw him "on site". And the name of the prison is Sing Sing.

Is this the same guy who posed as a conductor and actually ran a subway train for quite a while -- a couple hours, four hours? -- before getting caught? And as I recall he was only caught because he missed the line where the train was supposed to stop in a station by a few feet.

Gotta love this guy. True, he broke the law, but he was so meticulous about learning how to operate the trains and he did it so well that you have to admire him. It's a shame our law-and-order culture wouldn't allow the MTA or some other train outfit to employ the guy, letting him do what he obviously loves the most.

[3] Yes, this is that guy. He allegedly had memorized all the subway stops and lines on the system by the time he was five years old. He's kind of stuck in a bind, because his parole requires him to remain in the NYC metro area, where he is constantly surrounded by buses, trains, and subways, but he is not allowed to work for the MTA either, because they fear legal liability. It's sad to hear he was arrested again. The courts have refused to consider the fact that he has Asperger's.

"A thorough account of Darius McCollum and his overabundant love of trains can be found in...?"

Dave,

I struggle with reading nearly every article you write. I have absolutely no interest in mean spiritedness but your writing really needs work. Your last sentence is left unfinished, numerous typos punctuate your work, and your sentences are at times very difficult to follow. The aside in the first sentence of your last paragraph, for instance, would fare far better standing on its own as a complete sentence, or somehow incorporated into the sentence less randomly.

In your posting 'Scorned Woman is Sentenced for Branding Incident,' you mention the name of Testagrossa in the last paragraph, without ever clarifying who exactly that is. Readers can assume he is the boyfriend of the sentenced woman, but I feel it's your job to make it so that we don't have to.

Practically every time I find myself stumbling through a Gothamist post, I look to see the author and am actually disappointed to see that it's you again. While I certainly don't come here for Pulitzer Prize quality writing, I do come expecting to read a story I can easily understand and your writing makes that far more difficult than it ought to be.

To the Judge:
Sentence him to 20 Years to life, after training, with pay & benefits, working Maintenance/cleaning/Token booth (nothing public safety) wearing a GPS during work in case he purloins a train. Guaranteed never a sick day, motivated employee, top notch service to the public, not a loafer. Prob will never want to retire, so save money on pension. NYCTA will get it's money's worth, unlike with many of it's other employees. Prob solved.

I feel bad now. they showed him on the news, he's a grown boy. I'm sure many UWS'ers know Asperger's syndrome, but then those grown boys never hijacked a train. not yet.