The MTA caught two workers buying “unknown merchandise” — believed to be stolen goods — from shady individuals at MTA trailers in Manhattan.
The MTA caught two employees buying “unknown merchandise” – believed to be stolen goods – from shady individuals after a member of the public reported them for allegedly drinking on the job, authorities announced Monday.
The supervisor was even spotted threatening one of the visitors – by holding a knife to their neck, according to the IG’s July 2022 report made public Monday. The agency brought disciplinary proceedings against both of the workers, who were not named in the IG’s report.Christopher SadowskiDisciplinary proceedings involving the structure maintainer — who’s been with the MTA since 2019 — are still ongoing.
At 6:28 a.m., someone holding a “plastic bag full of unknown items” came to the trailer and the structure maintainer handed them cash before she took the bag inside, investigators wrote. The second person came back to the trailer at 8:07 with another “unknown item” which the supervisor took inside before he “briefly [placed] the knife near the unknown individual’s neck,” the report states.
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